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CVE-2017-5487

medium · 5.3

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.

5.3
CVSS
87.3%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2017-01-15
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
wordpresswordpress<= 4.7

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