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CVE-2017-12949

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12949 describes a SQL injection vulnerability within the Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin (versions 2.5.3 and earlier) for WordPress. Specifically, the 'orderby' parameter in lib\modules\contributors\contributor_list_table.php is susceptible to injection, exploitable via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), indicating a high-impact threat with potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring only low privileges and no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:podlove:podlove_podcast_publisher:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0111 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

defensecode.com / advisories/DC-2017-05-006_WordPress_Podlove_Podcast_Publisher_Plugin_Advisory.pdf
Third Party Advisory