Is CVE-2017-20206 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-20206 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-20206?

CVE-2017-20206 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-20206?

CVE-2017-20206 has an EPSS score of 0.67% (47th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-20206

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Appointments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 via deserialization of untrusted input from the `wpmudev_appointments` cookie. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. Attackers were actively exploiting this vulnerability with the WP_Theme() class to create backdoors.

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days

47thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 47% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-12-23.