CVE-2017-6819

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This (wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php), leading to excessive use of server resources. The CSRF can trigger an outbound HTTP request for a large file that is then parsed by Press This.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-6819
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-12T01:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-19T12:54:53
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-352 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.7.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_request_forgery_in_wordpress_press_this_function_allows_dos.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/263831a72d08556bc2f3a328673d95301a152829 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/7 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96602 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8770 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6819
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6819
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:46:40 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:37:30 2017-03-12T01:59Z 2017-03-12T01:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:37:30 2019-03-19T12:54:53 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:37:30 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated