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CVE-2017-5487

Published: Jan 15, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715

x_refsource_MISC

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[oss-security] 20170114 Re: CVE Request: Wordpress: 8 security issues in 4.7

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/

x_refsource_MISC

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

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