CVE-2017-6514

medium

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.

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-05-22

Updated: 2019-05-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N