CVE-2017-6819
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.7.3-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.7.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.7.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.7.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.7.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.7.3+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | {"endIncluding":"4.7.2"} | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201703-14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96602
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/263831a72d08556bc2f3a328673d95301a152829
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_request_forgery_in_wordpress_press_this_function_allows_dos.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8770
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6819
CWEs
CWE-352
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.