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CVE-2017-6815

In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-includes/pluggable.php), control characters can trick redirect URL validation.

Published

2017-03-12T01:59:00.207

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.7.2	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96600 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/288cd469396cfe7055972b457eb589cea51ce40e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8766 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96600 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/288cd469396cfe7055972b457eb589cea51ce40e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8766 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)