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CVE-2017-9062

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Date: May 18, 2017

In WordPress before 4.7.5, there is improper handling of post meta data values in the XML-RPC API.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

8.6

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9062

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870

Url: https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520

Url: https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9062

Url: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3d95e3ae816f4d7c638f40d3e936a4be19724381

Url: https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8816

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9062

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-9062

Severity Score

8.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Data Handling

CWE-19

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CWE-352

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-79

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CWE-601

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 4.7.5

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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