vulnerability

Wordpress: CVE-2017-5487: Information Exposure

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 14, 2017
Added
May 16, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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

wordpress-upgrade-4_7_1
Title
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