CVE-2017-6514 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Wordpress

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressDebian Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedMay 22
Latest updateMay 24

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.

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 Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rc6p-mq83-6q2w: WordPress 4↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2017-6514: WordPress 4↗2019-05-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-6514: wordpress - WordPress 4.7.2 mishandles listings of post authors, which allows remote attacke...↗2017
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