CVE-2017-5492

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733	Patch
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/	Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733	Patch
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/	Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-01-15 02:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-5492

Mitre link : CVE-2017-5492

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-5492

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Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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