PT-2017-16528 · WordPress · Wordpress

Mark Maunder · Published 2017-01-15 · Updated 2017-09-01 · CVE-2017-5487

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions 4.7 through 4.7.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information. This is due to the REST API implementation not properly restricting listings of post authors. Attackers can exploit this via a "wp-json/wp/v2/users" request.

Recommendations For WordPress versions 4.7 through 4.7.0, update to version 4.7.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "wp-json/wp/v2/users" endpoint until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-5487

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/K3ysTr0K3R/CVE-2017-5487-EXPLOIT · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/patilkr/wp-CVE-2017-5487-exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41497 · Exploit
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5487 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5487 · Vendor Advisory
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5487 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5487 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5487 · Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95391 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037591 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 · Note