### [CVE-2017-6514](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6514)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
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### Description

WordPress 4.7.2 mishandles listings of post authors, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (Path Disclosure) via a /wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url= request, related to the "author_name":" substring.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/SexyBeast233/SecBooks