CVE-2017-6514 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2019-05-22

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 3.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15570	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03008.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459
https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress
https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-05-22T17:20:03.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:33:20.057Z

Reserved: 2017-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6514

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-22T18:29:00.227

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:22:29.243

Link: CVE-2017-6514

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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