What is CVE-2017-6514?

CVE-2017-6514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-6514?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-6514 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Wordpress

CVE-2017-6514

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.030 (86.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Wordpress — versions 4.7.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6514?: CVE-2017-6514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-6514?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-6514 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.