CVE-2017-1001000

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-1001000
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerjoshbressers
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-03 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe register_routes function in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php in the REST API in WordPress 4.7.x before 4.7.2 does not require an integer identifier, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary pages via a request for wp-json/wp/v2/posts followed by a numeric value and a non-numeric value, as demonstrated by the wp-json/wp/v2/posts/123?id=123helloworld URI.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress 4.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 4.7.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 4.7.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Wordpress 4.7.0/4.7.1 Unauthenticated Content Injection PoC · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gist.github.com
WordPress Web API Vulnerability - The Akamai Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.akamai.com
WordPress 4.7.2 Security Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org
Version 4.7.2 « WordPress Codex af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codex.wordpress.org
Content Injection Vulnerability in WordPress 4.7 and 4.7.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.sucuri.net
oss-security - Re: Asking for a CVE id for the WordPress Privilege Escalation vulnerability (4.7/4.7.1) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
REST API: Unify object access handling for simplicity. · WordPress/WordPress@e357195 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Disclosure of Additional Security Fix in WordPress 4.7.2 – Make WordPress Core af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 make.wordpress.org
WordPress Bugs Let Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection Attacks, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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