Security advisory

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  "id": "94bc3e8ddd247aee8ef6b840a3be884609f25a123063208a76e71e2b95cf53b2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9062",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-9062",
    "summary": "In WordPress before 4.7.5, there is improper handling of post meta data values in the XML-RPC API.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-9062",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-9062",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-9062"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "2152a6a1ea3db59fcc626fe8129d6fc175e0df66"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3d95e3ae816f4d7c638f40d3e936a4be19724381"
                }
              ],
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.7.4"
                      }
                    ],
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.7.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9062.json"
          }
        },
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop",
              "type": "GIT",
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                },
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              ],
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.7.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.7.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9062.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:50:30.252209373Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5",
        "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3d95e3ae816f4d7c638f40d3e936a4be19724381",
        "https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/",
        "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8816"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-9062",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442226,
  "published_at": "2017-05-18T14:29:00.247+00:00"
}