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published 2017-01-30 9y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-14708

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 5.2%; EPSS 5.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits: 0; none known

wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php in Press This in WordPress before 4.7.2 does not properly restrict visibility of a taxonomy-assignment user interface, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by reading terms.

Patch / fix

distros 1 links 4

wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.7.2+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5610

github.com/WordPress/WordPress@21264a3 commit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5 advisory
wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/ advisory
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8729 advisory

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5610 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 7.3

wordpress: Multiple security fixes in 4.7.2

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

github.com /WordPress/WordPress/commit/21264a31e0849e6ff793a06a17de877dd88ea454
patch, third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5
mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory
wordpress.org /news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/
patch, vendor-advisory
wpvulndb.com /vulnerabilities/8729
patch, third-party-advisory
debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3779
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
codex.wordpress.org /Version_4.7.2
release-notes, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/95816
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1037731
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-5610
NVD CVE-2017-5610

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