CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6819
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352
Description
In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This (wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php), leading to excessive use of server resources. The CSRF can trigger an outbound HTTP request for a large file that is then parsed by Press This.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.7.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96602 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/263831a72d08556bc2f3a328673d95301a152829 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_request_forgery_in_wordpress_press_this_function_allows_dos.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8770 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96602 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/263831a72d08556bc2f3a328673d95301a152829 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_request_forgery_in_wordpress_press_this_function_allows_dos.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8770 Patch, Third Party Advisory