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CVE-2017-6819

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6819 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 4.7.3, specifically affecting the "Press This" feature. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into initiating an outbound HTTP request for a large file, which is then processed by the server, leading to excessive resource consumption and a denial-of-service condition. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has a low attack complexity (AC:L) and can result in high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0259 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/7
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
codex.wordpress.org / Version_4.7.3
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / WordPress/WordPress/commit/263831a72d08556bc2f3a328673d95301a152829
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
sumofpwn.nl / advisory/2016/cross_site_request_forgery_in_wordpress_press_this_function_allows_dos.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release
PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8770
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96602
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037959
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry