Information Exposure Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-453755
  • published 24 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 22 May 2019

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:unstable wordpress.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.3 medium