CVE-2017-5487
Published Jan 15, 2017
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.3
- Impact score
- 1.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-200
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "5C55F44C-4A71-4C47-9908-071A23D46939",
"versionEndIncluding": "4.7"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]