vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-6514): wordpress vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 22, 2019
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jun 26, 2025

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.

Solution

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Title
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