CVE-2017-6816

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

We have discovered 424,106 live websites that are affected by CVE-2017-6816.

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Affected Software

Product  WordPress
Category Content Management System
Vulnerable Domains424,106 live websites (5.11% of WordPress install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 4.7.3
Vulnerable Versions Count312 versions ( 47% of all versions)



Details

  • Published - Mar 12, 2017
  • Updated - Aug 5, 2024

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2017-6816
United States66,123 websites


Italy67,172 websites
Germany31,020 websites
Japan25,924 websites
Russia23,114 websites
GB21,823 websites
Poland19,049 websites
France17,970 websites
Netherlands14,227 websites
Iran8,194 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2017-6816
.com144,493 websites
.it43,524 websites
.ru19,388 websites
.org14,569 websites
.de14,119 websites
.pl13,542 websites
.net13,484 websites
.co.uk12,238 websites
.nl9,151 websites
.fr6,590 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2017-6816

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2017-6816. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
DomainCountryRankContacts
*****.com United States*,***
************.org United States*,***
********.eu Austria*,***
********************.ru Russia*,***
********************.com Cyprus*,***
****************.com United States*,***
*******.**.ca Canada*,***
**********.com United States**,***
***************.org United States**,***
*****.com Italy**,***
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FAQ

A total of 424,106 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2017-6816, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The WordPress is affected by the CVE-2017-6816 vulnerability.
WordPress versions up to and including 4.7.3 are vulnerable to CVE-2017-6816.