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CVE-2017-9062

In WordPress before 4.7.5, there is improper handling of post meta data values in the XML-RPC API.

Published

2017-05-18T14:29:00.247

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.6 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79
CWE-352
CWE-601

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.7.4	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-3870 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5 Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3d95e3ae816f4d7c638f40d3e936a4be19724381 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8816 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5 Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3d95e3ae816f4d7c638f40d3e936a4be19724381 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8816 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)