WordPress 4.7.2 Path Disclosure Vulnerability

WordPress 4.7.2 Path Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE-2017-6514 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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