VDB
CVE-2017-6514
CVE-2017-6514
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.300000190734863 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 3.01% · 86.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.300000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
3.01%
86.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wordpress | 5.8.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 5.7.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | wordpress | 0, * |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 4.4.1+dfsg-1, 4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1, * |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 5.2.2+dfsg1-1, 5.3.2+dfsg1-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.8.3+dfsg-1, 4.8.2+dfsg-2 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 6.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, * |
Timeline
- May 22, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6514 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress third-party-advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6514 third-party-advisory