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Case File

CVE-2017-6955

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 1.79% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-6955
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
1.79%
WordPress

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in by-email/by-email.php in the Invite Anyone plugin before 1.3.15 for WordPress. A user is able to change the subject and the body of the invitation mail that should be immutable, which facilitates a social engineering attack.