CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6514
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-05-22
- 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
WordPress 4.7.2 mishandles listings of post authors, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (Path Disclosure) via a /wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url= request, related to the "author_name":" substring.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress 4.7.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress Broken Link
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress Broken Link
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress Third Party Advisory