WordPress component: A security weakness

WordPress component is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 5.3 CVSS · cve@mitre.org

NVD score 5.3 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: WordPress component
Plugin slug: Core
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Jan 15, 2017
Weakness: CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

This CVE was published Jan 15, 2017 and is one of 45 known issues for WordPress core.

What to do

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update WordPress component to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Source record

Technical description

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.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Patch or disable the affected component.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources