CVE-2017-8295
52Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Actepss 27%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDMay 4
1st PoCMay 3
VulnCheck+1728d
exploitation probability
27%top 2% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
6 public exploit(s)
WordPress through 4.7.4 relies on the Host HTTP header for a password-reset e-mail message, which makes it easier for remote attackers to reset arbitrary passwords by making a crafted wp-login.php?action=lostpassword request and then arranging for this message to bounce or be resent, leading to transmission of the reset key to a mailbox on an attacker-controlled SMTP server. This is related to problematic use of the SERVER_NAME variable in wp-includes/pluggable.php in conjunction with the PHP mail function. Exploitation is not achievable in all cases because it requires at least one of the following: (1) the attacker can prevent the victim from receiving any e-mail messages for an extended period of time (such as 5 days), (2) the victim's e-mail system sends an autoresponse containing the original message, or (3) the victim manually composes a reply containing the original message.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 6
githubgithub.com/cyberheartmi9/CVE-2017-8295★ 20githubgithub.com/alash3al/wp-allowed-hosts★ 2githubgithub.com/homjxi0e/CVE-2017-8295-WordPress-4.7.4---Unauthorized-Password-Reset★ 0cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/41963/unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/41963unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/6cc71b11b870unverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
https://exploitbox.io/vuln/WordPress-Exploit-4-7-Unauth-Password-Reset-0day-CVE-2017-8295.htmlhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8807https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41963/http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98295http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038403