CVE-2017-5492
HIGH
8.8
CVSS 3.0
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 WordPress components
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WordPress coreUp to and including 4.7
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- n/a n/a — Versions not specified
- wordpress wordpress — Up to and including 4.7
References
- www.debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
- www.openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407
- www.securitytracker.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
- codex.wordpress.org https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- github.com https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733 Patch
- wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
- wpvulndb.com https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record