ghsa-34f4-j2gj-cg3x
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:19
Modified
2025-04-20 03:33
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-6819"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-03-12T01:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-34f4-j2gj-cg3x",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:33:59Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:19:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6819"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/263831a72d08556bc2f3a328673d95301a152829"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_request_forgery_in_wordpress_press_this_function_allows_dos.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8770"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96602"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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