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CVE-2017-1001000 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://blogs.akamai.com/2017/02/wordpress-web-api-vulnerability.html	Josh Bressers
https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/02/content-injection-vulnerability-wordpress-rest-api.html	Josh Bressers
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2	Josh Bressers
https://gist.github.com/leonjza/2244eb15510a0687ed93160c623762ab	Josh Bressers
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/e357195ce303017d517aff944644a7a1232926f7	Josh Bressers
https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/02/01/disclosure-of-additional-security-fix-in-wordpress-4-7-2/	Josh Bressers
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/	Josh Bressers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/10/16	Josh Bressers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731	Josh Bressers
https://blogs.akamai.com/2017/02/wordpress-web-api-vulnerability.html	CVE
https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/02/content-injection-vulnerability-wordpress-rest-api.html	CVE
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2	CVE
https://gist.github.com/leonjza/2244eb15510a0687ed93160c623762ab	CVE
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/e357195ce303017d517aff944644a7a1232926f7	CVE
https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/02/01/disclosure-of-additional-security-fix-in-wordpress-4-7-2/	CVE
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/10/16	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731	CVE

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wordpress wordpress	4.7 4.7.1 4.7.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	Josh Bressers
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	Josh Bressers
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Source Update	Josh Bressers
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	Josh Bressers
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Jul 25, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 11, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]