CVE-2017-9062

In WordPress before 4.7.5, there is improper handling of post meta data values in the XML-RPC API.

• CWE-79
• CWE-352
• CWE-601

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3d95e3ae816f4d7c638f40d3e936a4be19724381Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8816Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3d95e3ae816f4d7c638f40d3e936a4be19724381Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8816Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

May 18, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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