CVE-2017-6816

CVSS V2 Medium 5.5 CVSS V3 Medium 4.9
Description
In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/plugins.php), unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-6816
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-12T01:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-863 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.7.2
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4d80f8b3e1b00a3edcee0774dc9c2f4c78f9e663 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96598 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8767 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6816
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6816
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:27:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:37:20 2017-03-12T01:59Z 2017-03-12T01:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:37:20 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:37:20 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated