Improper access control in WordPress - CVE-2017-5610
Published: January 30, 2017 / Updated: January 30, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5510
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5610
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to otherwise restricted information.
The vulnerability resides within wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php script in Press This functionality, which does not properly restrict visibility permissions to user interface for assigning taxonomy terms. A remote authenticated attacker may be able to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
Affected software
WordPress
Fedora
wordpress
Fedora
wordpress
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5610
Update to version 4.7.2.
wordpress - addressed in versions 4.7.2-1.el5, 4.7.2-1.el6, 4.7.2-1.el7, 4.7.2-1.fc24, 4.7.2-1.fc25