SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2017-6816

CVE-2017-6816 — In WordPress before 4

In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/plugins.php), unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.

CVSS
5.5 CISA
EPSS
2.62% (top 14.20%)
CWE
—
Published
2017-03-12T01:59:00.270
Last modified
2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

01What is this vulnerability?

In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/plugins.php), unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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