CVE-2017-5491 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default in Wordpress

CWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default4 documents4 sources

Severity

5.3MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

1.6%

top 18.13%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Wordpress Debian Wordpress

Timeline

PublishedJan 15

Latest updateMay 13

Description

wp-mail.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended posting restrictions via a spoofed mail server with the mail.example.com name.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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

▶NVDwordpress/wordpress4.7

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-pqh4-x29p-6xrc: wp-mail↗2022-05-13

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OSV

CVE-2017-5491: wp-mail↗2017-01-15

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📋Vendor Advisories

Debian

CVE-2017-5491: wordpress - wp-mail.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass int...↗2017

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