Information disclosure in WordPress

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU35887

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6514

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

WordPress: 4.7.2

External links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459
http://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress
http://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/
http://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.