Information Exposure Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.01% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-WORDPRESS-18067556
  • published21 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 May 2019

Introduced: 22 May 2019

CVE-2017-6514  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Echo:latest wordpress.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.