Information Exposure Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-WORDPRESS-471406
  • published24 Jul 2019
  • 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 Ubuntu:18.04 wordpress.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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.