CVE-2017-5491
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5491
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5491.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5491
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-01-15T02:59:02.987Z
- Modified
- 2026-05-14T12:52:11.425037Z
- Severity
-
- 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
wp-mail.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended posting restrictions via a spoofed mail server with the mail.example.com name.
- References
-
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95406
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8719
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/061e8788814ac87706d8b95688df276fe3c8596a
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "source": "CPE_FIELD", "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.7" } ] }