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CVE-2017-5492

N/A
Published: January 15, 2017 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the widget-editing accessibility-mode feature in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that perform a widgets-access action, related to wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php and wp-admin/widgets.php.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%
v ≤ 4.7

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352

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