CVE-2017-5487 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Wordpress

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
92.5%
top 0.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressDebian Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedJan 15
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 4.7.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 4.7.1+dfsg-1+3

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-94q7-f538-38mf: wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-5487: wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller↗2017-01-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-5487: wordpress - wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php in the REST AP...↗2017
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