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CVE-2017-5487

CVE-2017-5487

45Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 87%
from disclosure to weapon47 days
Published on NVDJan 15
1st PoC+47d
exploitation probability
87%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
12 public exploit(s)
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.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 12
githubgithub.com/K3ysTr0K3R/CVE-2017-5487-EXPLOIT★ 9githubgithub.com/patilkr/wp-CVE-2017-5487-exploit★ 2githubgithub.com/GeunSam2/CVE-2017-5487★ 2githubgithub.com/R3K1NG/wpUsersScan★ 1githubgithub.com/SeasonLeague/CVE-2017-5487★ 0githubgithub.com/dream434/CVE-2017-5487★ 0githubgithub.com/tpdlshdmlrkfmcla/cve-2017-5487★ 0githubgithub.com/ndr-repo/CVE-2017-5487★ 0githubgithub.com/teambugsbunny/wpUsersScan★ 0githubgithub.com/zkhalidul/GrabberWP-CVE-2017-5487★ 0exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497unverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497/unverified
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References
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497/https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95391http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591