{"id":"CVE-2017-6514","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6514","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:49:21.175Z","title":"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.","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":"2019-05-22T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:22:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["wordpress/wordpress"],"epss":{"score":0.03008,"percentile":0.87328,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108459","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6514","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}