CVE-2017-6514

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CVSS 3.0

5.3 medium

EPSS

3%p87

Published

May 22, 2019 (May 22, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: wordpress
Products: wordpress
Ecosystems: WordPress
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (3.0%)

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