CVE-2017-6819: 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…

PriorityP428medium6.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

2.59%

83.6th percentile

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

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 4.7.3+dfsg-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 4.7.3+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
github.com	bitly_oauth2_proxy	>= 0 < 2.2.0	2.2.0
wordpress	wordpress	<= 4.7.2	—
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 4.7.3+dfsg-1	4.7.3+dfsg-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 4.7.3+dfsg-1	4.7.3+dfsg-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 4.7.3+dfsg-1	4.7.3+dfsg-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 4.7.3+dfsg-1	4.7.3+dfsg-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM

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