WordPress 5.2.17

WordPress 5.2.17 has 16 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2025; all 16 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.5, and the most serious one scores 8.1 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high. 2023 was the busiest year with 8 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 4 of the records (25%). Other recurring categories include Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor, Path Traversal.

Every one of the 16 issues recorded for WordPress 5.2.17 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

14 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

5.5/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 8.1CVE-2021-44223

WordPress Core < 5.8 - Dependency Confusion

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Vulnerability Records

16 records


2025-09-22 00:00	WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure WordPress 5.2.17 4.7 – 6.8.2 · 22 branches	`CVE-2025-58246`	4.3 Medium	Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)	Yes
2025-09-22 00:00	WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting WordPress 5.2.17 4.7 – 6.8.2 · 23 branches	`CVE-2025-58674`	6.4 Medium	SavPhill (Savphill)	Yes
2024-06-24 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal WordPress 5.2.17 4.1 – 6.5.4 · 26 branches	`CVE-2024-32111`	4.3 Medium	apple502j	Yes
2024-04-04 00:00	WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink WordPress 5.2.17 <= 6.4.3	`CVE-2023-5692`	5.3 Medium	Francesco Carlucci	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core <= 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Comments on Protected Posts WordPress 5.2.17 4.1.38 – 6.3.1 · 23 branches	`CVE-2023-39999`	4.3 Medium	Rafie Muhammad	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 6.3.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure via User Search REST Endpoint WordPress 5.2.17 4.7 – 6.3.1 · 17 branches	`CVE-2023-5561`	5.3 Medium	Marc-Alexandre Montpas	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core 4.7.0-6.3.1 - Denial of Service via Cache Poisoning WordPress 5.2.17 4.7 – 6.3.1 · 17 branches	`N/A`	5.3 Medium	s5s	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.3.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via parse-media-shortcode WordPress 5.2.17 4.1.38 – 6.3.1 · 23 branches	`N/A`	5.4 Medium	James Golovich	Yes
2023-05-16 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery WordPress 5.2.17 4.1 – < 6.2.1 · 23 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	John Blackbourn	Yes
2023-05-16 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Insufficient Sanitization of Block Attributes WordPress 5.2.17 4.1 – < 6.2.1 · 23 branches	`N/A`	6.4 Medium	Anonymous	Yes

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