CVE-2017-1001000

N/A
Published: April 3, 2017 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 85%

Description

The register_routes function in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php in the REST API in WordPress 4.7.x before 4.7.2 does not require an integer identifier, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary pages via a request for wp-json/wp/v2/posts followed by a numeric value and a non-numeric value, as demonstrated by the wp-json/wp/v2/posts/123?id=123helloworld URI.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (9)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: 46fe6300-5254-4a98-9594-a9567bec8179
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/10/16
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: 46fe6300-5254-4a98-9594-a9567bec8179
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731
x_refsource_MISC
Source: 46fe6300-5254-4a98-9594-a9567bec8179
https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/02/content-injection-vulnerability-wordpress-rest-api.html
x_refsource_MISC
Source: 46fe6300-5254-4a98-9594-a9567bec8179
https://blogs.akamai.com/2017/02/wordpress-web-api-vulnerability.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: 46fe6300-5254-4a98-9594-a9567bec8179
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2
x_refsource_MISC
Source: 46fe6300-5254-4a98-9594-a9567bec8179
https://gist.github.com/leonjza/2244eb15510a0687ed93160c623762ab
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: 46fe6300-5254-4a98-9594-a9567bec8179
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/e357195ce303017d517aff944644a7a1232926f7

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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