CVE-2017-6514

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6514
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6514.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6514
Downstream
Published
2019-05-22T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:15Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
c0ad47cca62d55072d8a4d1b24d97224bc568349
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
1ea8e9a4f03f425a6a77c3487528fedd3f33c100