PT-2017-17347 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2017-03-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-6816

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 4.7.3

Description The issue allows unintended files to be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.7.3, update to version 4.7.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6816

DLA-860-1

DSA-3815-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 25

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4d80f8b3e1b00a3edcee0774dc9c2f4c78f9e663 · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6817 · Security Note
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6816 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6816 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6816 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6815 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6816 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6816 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6816 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6814 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6816 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3815-1 · Vendor Advisory