CVE-2017-6514

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2019-05-22

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Wordpress (Wordpress)

References

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