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CVE-2017-6955

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6955 describes an improper input validation vulnerability in the Invite Anyone plugin for WordPress, specifically in by-email/by-email.php before version 1.3.15. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to manipulate the subject and body of invitation emails, enabling social engineering attacks. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, impacting integrity by allowing unauthorized modification of email content. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:teleogistic:invite_anyone:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / boonebgorges/invite-anyone/compare/2ed5266ad3ae40f8db39adf06f450bbad56e2eac...boonebgorges:6121de08df86c5005b657dd67e48aa02c7982855
Third Party Advisory
wordpress.org / plugins/invite-anyone/changelog
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96965
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry