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CVE-2017-5493
wp-includes/ms-functions.php in the Multisite WordPress API in WordPress before 4.7.1 does not properly choose random numbers for keys,…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
wp-includes/ms-functions.php in the Multisite WordPress API in WordPress before 4.7.1 does not properly choose random numbers for keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted (1) site signup or (2) user signup.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8721 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 95401 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3779 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170114 Re: CVE Request: Wordpress: 8 security issues in 4.7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1037591 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/cea9e2dc62abf777e06b12ec4ad9d1aaa49b29f4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2017-14597 (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-2017-5493)Record last updated .