PT-2017-16615 · Debian+1 · Debian+1

Marc-Alexandre Montpas · Published 2017-01-30 · Updated 2019-03-19 · CVE-2017-5610

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 prior to 4.7.2 Debian (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a problem with access restrictions in WordPress, specifically in the Press This feature. It allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by reading terms due to improper restriction of visibility of a taxonomy-assignment user interface.

Recommendations For WordPress versions prior to 4.7.2, update to version 4.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. For Debian, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-5610

DLA-813-1

DSA-3779-1

Affected Products

Debian

Wordpress

References · 31

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/21264a31e0849e6ff793a06a17de877dd88ea454 · Patch
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5 · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5610 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5610 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5491 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5611 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5492 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3779-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5610 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5490 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3779-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5610 · Vendor Advisory