DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6514

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6514

    Published: 22 May 2019Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6514

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6514

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    6.1.1+dfsg1-1
    6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1
    6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1

    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
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