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CVE-2017-6819

Date: March 11, 2017

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.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8770
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_request_forgery_in_wordpress_press_this_function_allows_dos.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6819
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96602
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6819
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/7
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/263831a72d08556bc2f3a328673d95301a152829
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-6819
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-6819

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CWE-352

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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