The register_routes function in…
Priority HIGH 74Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.84935 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-1001000
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qm68-r9p4-ghhx
References
Other 8
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2
- https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/02/01/disclosure-of-additional-security-fix-in-wordpress-4-7-2/
- https://blogs.akamai.com/2017/02/wordpress-web-api-vulnerability.html
- https://gist.github.com/leonjza/2244eb15510a0687ed93160c623762ab
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/02/content-injection-vulnerability-wordpress-rest-api.html
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/e357195ce303017d517aff944644a7a1232926f7
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/
- [oss-security] 20170210 Re: Asking for a CVE id for the WordPress Privilege Escalation vulnerability (4.7/4.7.1)
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Sources
- CVE-2017-1001000 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-1001000 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qm68-r9p4-ghhx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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