CVE-2017-5491 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

wp-mail.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended posting restrictions via a spoofed mail server with the mail.example.com name.

Published: 2017-01-15

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-813-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3779-1	wordpress security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-14595	wp-mail.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended posting restrictions via a spoofed mail server with the mail.example.com name.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01622.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95406
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/061e8788814ac87706d8b95688df276fe3c8596a
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8719

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-15T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:14.732Z

Reserved: 2017-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5491

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-15T02:59:02.987

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5491

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-1188

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