Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-6514 (CCN-163441)

Assigned:2017-03-07
Published:2017-03-07
Updated:2019-05-27
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
4.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
4.7 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-200
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-6514

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
108459

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wp-cve20176514-info-disc(163441)

Source: MISC
Type: Broken Link
https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
WordPress

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-6514

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201765140000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-6514 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2019-05-22
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201765140000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-6514 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2019-05-22
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201765140000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-6514 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2019-05-22
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201765140000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-6514 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - low.
    2019-05-22
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