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CVE-2017-5487

N/A

Description

wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php in the REST API implementation in WordPress 4.7 before 4.7.1 does not properly restrict listings of post authors, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a wp-json/wp/v2/users request.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published1/15/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

wordpress:wordpress

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95391(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591(cve@mitre.org)

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60(cve@mitre.org)

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/(cve@mitre.org)

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95391(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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