CVE-2017-14725

MEDIUM NUCLEI

WordPress < 4.8.2 - Authenticated Open Redirect

Title source: nuclei
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2017-14725 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.

Description

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress was susceptible to an open redirect attack in wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php and wp-admin/user-edit.php.

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress < 4.8.2 - Authenticated Open Redirect
MEDIUMVERIFIEDby 0x_Akoko
Shodan: http.component:"wordpress" || cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress"
FOFA: body="oembed" && body="wp-"

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41398
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553
Issue Tracking, Patch, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8910
Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0213
EPSS Percentile 79.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-601
Status published
Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress < 4.8.1
Published Sep 23, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026