CVE-2017-8295

mediumpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.267 · 98 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

4 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

26.7% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

WordPress through 4.7.4 relies on the Host HTTP header for a password-reset e-mail message, which makes it easier for remote attackers to reset arbitrary passwords by making a crafted wp-login.php?action=lostpassword request and then arranging for this message to bounce or be resent, leading to transmission of the reset key to a mailbox on an attacker-controlled SMTP server. This is related to problematic use of the SERVER_NAME variable in wp-includes/pluggable.php in conjunction with the PHP mail function. Exploitation is not achievable in all cases because it requires at least one of the following: (1) the attacker can prevent the victim from receiving any e-mail messages for an extended period of time (such as 5 days), (2) the victim's e-mail system sends an autoresponse containing the original message, or (3) the victim manually composes a reply containing the original message.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-640USprimary

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-41963WordPress Core < 4.7.4 - Unauthorized Password ResetPoC · exploit_db
alash3al/wp-allowed-hostsa plugin that protects your wp site from the CVE-2017-8295 vulnerabilityPoC · poc_in_github
cyberheartmi9/CVE-2017-8295cyberheartmi9/CVE-2017-8295PoC · poc_in_github
homjxi0e/CVE-2017-8295-WordPress-4.7.4---Unauthorized-Password-Resethomjxi0e/CVE-2017-8295-WordPress-4.7.4---Unauthorized-Password-ResetPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
wordpress wordpress≤ 4.7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-05-04modified 2026-06-17

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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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