WordPress CVEs

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 WordPress components

• WordPress core
  Confirmed match
  Version 4.7; Version 4.7.1; Version 4.7.2

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

• n/a n/a — Versions not specified
• wordpress wordpress — Version 4.7
• wordpress wordpress — Version 4.7.1
• wordpress wordpress — Version 4.7.2

References

• www.openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/10/16
• www.securitytracker.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731
• blog.sucuri.net https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/02/content-injection-vulnerability-wordpress-rest-api.html
• blogs.akamai.com https://blogs.akamai.com/2017/02/wordpress-web-api-vulnerability.html
• codex.wordpress.org https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2
• gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/leonjza/2244eb15510a0687ed93160c623762ab
• github.com https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/e357195ce303017d517aff944644a7a1232926f7
• make.wordpress.org https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/02/01/disclosure-of-additional-security-fix-in-wordpress-4-7-2/
• wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/
• nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record