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CVE-2017-14720

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14720 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 4.8.2, allowing an attacker to inject malicious scripts through a crafted template name in the template list view. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L, I:L), but could lead to client-side attacks. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating low current threat activity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0251 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

core.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/41412
PatchVendor Advisory
wordpress.org / news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release
PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3997
securityfocus.com / bid/100912
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039553