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CVE-2017-5487

wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php in the REST API implementation in WordPress 4.7 before 4.7.1 does not properly restrict listings of post authors, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a wp-json/wp/v2/users request.

Published

2017-01-15T02:59:02.797

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.7	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95391 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60 Patch ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497/ ([email protected])
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95391 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)