What is CVE-2017-17096?

CVE-2017-17096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Content Cards Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-17096?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-17096 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Content Cards Project

CVE-2017-17096

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Content Cards plugin before 0.9.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript via crafted OpenGraph data.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-12-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Content Cards Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8971 (Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/plugins/content-cards/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17096?: CVE-2017-17096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Content Cards Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-17096?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-17096 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.