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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2017-6514

Related Vulnerabilities

Artifactory Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability (CVE-2016-10036)

OpenSSL Resource Management Errors Vulnerability (CVE-2011-4577)

Citrix ADC NetScaler Local File Inclusion (CVE-2020-8193)

phpMyAdmin Other Vulnerability (CVE-2001-1060)

SharePoint Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3895)

Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2017-6514 CWE-200 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities