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CVE-2017-6514

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

WordPress 4.7.2 mishandles listings of post authors, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (Path Disclosure) via a /wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url= request, related to the "author_name":" substring.

Affected products

• WordPress: 4.7.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459
• https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress
• https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459
• https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress
• https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress

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