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ghsa-94q7-f538-38mf

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 01:19

Modified

2022-05-17 01:19

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php in the REST API implementation in WordPress 4.7 before 4.7.1 does not properly restrict listings of post authors, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a wp-json/wp/v2/users request.

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cve-2017-5487

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2017-01-15 02:00

Modified

2024-08-05 15:04

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497/	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715	x_refsource_MISC
	https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95391	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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