CVE-2017-6514

MEDIUM

Wordpress - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

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 (3)

[Broken Link] https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress

[Third Party Advisory] https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0143

EPSS Percentile 80.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Affected Products (1)

wordpress/wordpress

Timeline

Published May 22, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026