CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5487
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php in the REST API implementation in WordPress 4.7 before 4.7.1 does not properly restrict listings of post authors, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a wp-json/wp/v2/users request.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95391 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 www.securitytracker.com
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60 Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715 wpvulndb.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95391 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 www.securitytracker.com
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60 Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715 wpvulndb.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/ Third Party Advisory