6.1

CVE-2017-16842: wordpress wordpress-seo Cross-site Scripting

Modified
Published 16-11-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-16842 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress wordpress-seo. EPSS estimates a 1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 5.8.0.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
1.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 16-11-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO plugin before 5.8.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.34% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress1 product
  • wordpress-seo≤ 5.7.1 (fixed in 5.8.0)
Yoast1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links