High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-1001000
CVE-2017-1001000
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 products
3cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/10/16nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731nvd
- blog.sucuri.net/2017/02/content-injection-vulnerability-wordpress-rest-api.htmlnvd
- blogs.akamai.com/2017/02/wordpress-web-api-vulnerability.htmlnvd
- codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2nvd
- gist.github.com/leonjza/2244eb15510a0687ed93160c623762abnvd
- github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/e357195ce303017d517aff944644a7a1232926f7nvd
- make.wordpress.org/core/2017/02/01/disclosure-of-additional-security-fix-in-wordpress-4-7-2/nvd
- wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/nvd
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