ubuntu · CVE-2017-5487

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Priority: low Published: 2017-01-15 02:59:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:34:34 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2017-5487 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 9 status rows across 9 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 5, ignored 2, DNE 1, released 1.

Description:

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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