Security advisory

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  "id": "f005cdf122bad2de02020d6dc05f167a6e973abc50dd6bc5a430c999ef1630c1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6514",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-6514",
    "summary": "WordPress 4.7.2 mishandles listings of post authors, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (Path Disclosure) via a /wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url= request, related to the \"author_name\":\" substring.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-6514",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-6514",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-6514"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "1ea8e9a4f03f425a6a77c3487528fedd3f33c100"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "1ea8e9a4f03f425a6a77c3487528fedd3f33c100"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.7.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.7.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.7.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6514.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "c0ad47cca62d55072d8a4d1b24d97224bc568349"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "c0ad47cca62d55072d8a4d1b24d97224bc568349"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.7.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.7.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.7.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6514.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:52.098027973Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://web.archive.org/web/20180612235401/https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress",
        "https://github.com/CFSECURITE/wordpress"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-6514",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437619,
  "published_at": "2019-05-22T18:29:00.227+00:00"
}