Security Advisory

CVE-2017-6514

5.3
MEDIUM

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date May 22, 2019
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory