CVE-2017-17092
wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not require the unfiltered_html capability for upload of .js files, which might…
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not require the unfiltered_html capability for upload of .js files, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks via a crafted file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- WordPress < 4.9.1 - Authenticated JavaScript File Upload (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2017/CVE-2017-17092.yamlSeverity medium
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- DSA-4090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171221 [SECURITY] [DLA 1216-1] wordpress security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/67d03a98c2cae5f41843c897f206adde299b0509 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 102024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8966 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-8258 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-17092)Record last updated .