CVE-2017-5487
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-15 02:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:04
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
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