CVE-2017-6514

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    CVE-2017-6514

    Published: 22 May 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 1ea8e9a4f03f425a6a77c3487528fedd3f33c100
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.7.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High