CVE-2017-6514

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459
https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpressBroken Link
https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpressThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459
https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpressBroken Link
https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpressThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 22, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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