5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-5487
WordPress REST API Unauthorized Post Author Information Disclosure
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 15, 2017, 2:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 1, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-5487 has a 35 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-5487 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wordpress wordpress

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 11, 2024, 12:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.

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.

Python

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 27, 2024, 9:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

The MRK WP REST Permissions Plugin

PHP

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 25, 2024, 12:55 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 7 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

Do bug hunting with One-Line script and get bounty

Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
17 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2023, 5:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

A PoC exploit for CVE-2017-5487 - WordPress User Enumeration.

cve-2017-5487 exploit rest-api user-enumeration

Python

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
6 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : May 6, 2023, 10:46 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

PHP

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 7, 2023, 8:10 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Wordpress xmlrpc.php自动爆破脚本

brute wordpress cve-2017-5487

Python

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
5 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 20, 2023, 1:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

This is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that was discovered and disclosed in 2017.

Python

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 29, 2023, 4:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 8 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 29, 2022, 4:03 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 12, 2022, 1:20 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 17, 2022, 11:20 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Config files for my GitHub profile.

config github-config

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 9, 2021, 2:32 p.m. This repo has been linked 27 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 2 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 4, 2021, 2:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 24, 2021, 3:28 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-5487 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-5487 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41497/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95391 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 No Types Assigned https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60 No Types Assigned https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/ No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Added CWE CWE-200
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-5487 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-5487 weaknesses.

CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-59: Session Credential Falsification through Prediction Session Credential Falsification through Prediction CAPEC-60: Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-116: Excavation Excavation CAPEC-169: Footprinting Footprinting CAPEC-224: Fingerprinting Fingerprinting CAPEC-285: ICMP Echo Request Ping ICMP Echo Request Ping CAPEC-287: TCP SYN Scan TCP SYN Scan CAPEC-290: Enumerate Mail Exchange (MX) Records Enumerate Mail Exchange (MX) Records CAPEC-291: DNS Zone Transfers DNS Zone Transfers CAPEC-292: Host Discovery Host Discovery CAPEC-293: Traceroute Route Enumeration Traceroute Route Enumeration CAPEC-294: ICMP Address Mask Request ICMP Address Mask Request CAPEC-295: Timestamp Request Timestamp Request CAPEC-296: ICMP Information Request ICMP Information Request CAPEC-297: TCP ACK Ping TCP ACK Ping CAPEC-298: UDP Ping UDP Ping CAPEC-299: TCP SYN Ping TCP SYN Ping CAPEC-300: Port Scanning Port Scanning CAPEC-301: TCP Connect Scan TCP Connect Scan CAPEC-302: TCP FIN Scan TCP FIN Scan CAPEC-303: TCP Xmas Scan TCP Xmas Scan CAPEC-304: TCP Null Scan TCP Null Scan CAPEC-305: TCP ACK Scan TCP ACK Scan CAPEC-306: TCP Window Scan TCP Window Scan CAPEC-307: TCP RPC Scan TCP RPC Scan CAPEC-308: UDP Scan UDP Scan CAPEC-309: Network Topology Mapping Network Topology Mapping CAPEC-310: Scanning for Vulnerable Software Scanning for Vulnerable Software CAPEC-312: Active OS Fingerprinting Active OS Fingerprinting CAPEC-313: Passive OS Fingerprinting Passive OS Fingerprinting CAPEC-317: IP ID Sequencing Probe IP ID Sequencing Probe CAPEC-318: IP 'ID' Echoed Byte-Order Probe IP 'ID' Echoed Byte-Order Probe CAPEC-319: IP (DF) 'Don't Fragment Bit' Echoing Probe IP (DF) 'Don't Fragment Bit' Echoing Probe CAPEC-320: TCP Timestamp Probe TCP Timestamp Probe CAPEC-321: TCP Sequence Number Probe TCP Sequence Number Probe CAPEC-322: TCP (ISN) Greatest Common Divisor Probe TCP (ISN) Greatest Common Divisor Probe CAPEC-323: TCP (ISN) Counter Rate Probe TCP (ISN) Counter Rate Probe CAPEC-324: TCP (ISN) Sequence Predictability Probe TCP (ISN) Sequence Predictability Probe CAPEC-325: TCP Congestion Control Flag (ECN) Probe TCP Congestion Control Flag (ECN) Probe CAPEC-326: TCP Initial Window Size Probe TCP Initial Window Size Probe CAPEC-327: TCP Options Probe TCP Options Probe CAPEC-328: TCP 'RST' Flag Checksum Probe TCP 'RST' Flag Checksum Probe CAPEC-329: ICMP Error Message Quoting Probe ICMP Error Message Quoting Probe CAPEC-330: ICMP Error Message Echoing Integrity Probe ICMP Error Message Echoing Integrity Probe CAPEC-472: Browser Fingerprinting Browser Fingerprinting CAPEC-497: File Discovery File Discovery CAPEC-508: Shoulder Surfing Shoulder Surfing CAPEC-573: Process Footprinting Process Footprinting CAPEC-574: Services Footprinting Services Footprinting CAPEC-575: Account Footprinting Account Footprinting CAPEC-576: Group Permission Footprinting Group Permission Footprinting CAPEC-577: Owner Footprinting Owner Footprinting CAPEC-616: Establish Rogue Location Establish Rogue Location CAPEC-643: Identify Shared Files/Directories on System Identify Shared Files/Directories on System CAPEC-646: Peripheral Footprinting Peripheral Footprinting CAPEC-651: Eavesdropping Eavesdropping
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

87.36 }} -0.05%

score

0.98691

percentile

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