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FreeBSD: VID-B180D1FB-DAC6-11E6-AE1B-002590263BF5 (CVE-2017-5487): wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-B180D1FB-DAC6-11E6-AE1B-002590263BF5 (CVE-2017-5487): wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/15/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-de-wordpress
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ja-wordpress
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ru-wordpress
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-wordpress
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-zh-wordpress-zh_cn
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-zh-wordpress-zh_tw

References

  • CVE-2017-5487

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