CVE-2017-6819 (GCVE-0-2017-6819)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-12 01:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:41
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This (wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php), leading to excessive use of server resources. The CSRF can trigger an outbound HTTP request for a large file that is then parsed by Press This.
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