Medium
Security advisory
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php in Press This in WordPress before 4.7.2 does not properly restrict visibility of a taxonomy-assignment user interface, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by reading terms.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-5610
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 08:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php in Press This in WordPress before 4.7.2 does not properly restrict visibility of a taxonomy-assignment user interface, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by reading terms.
osv:CVE-2017-5610
Complete source record
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