CVE-2017-9065 — Improper Input Validation in Wordpress

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.5%
top 12.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WordpressDebian WordpressDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 18
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.5, there is a lack of capability checks for post meta data in the XML-RPC API.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 4.7.5+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 4.7.5+dfsg-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: codex.wordpress.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: wordpress.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6f4p-6vw9-3q54: In WordPress before 4↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-9065: In WordPress before 4↗2017-05-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-9065: wordpress - In WordPress before 4.7.5, there is a lack of capability checks for post meta da...↗2017
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