What is CVE-2017-6819?

CVE-2017-6819 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-6819?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-6819 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in WordPress

CVE-2017-6819

In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This (wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php), leading to excessive use of server resources. The CSRF can trigger an outbound HTTP request for a large file that is then parsed by Press This.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: +0.000

Affected products

WordPress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96602 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8770 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/7 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ (Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/263831a72d08556bc2f3a328673d95301a152829 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_request_forgery_in_wordpress_press_this_fu… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6819?: CVE-2017-6819 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-6819?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-6819 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.