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CVE-2017-5492 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733 CVEPatch
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720 CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wordpress wordpress
<= 4.7

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-5492
NVD Published Date:
Jan 15, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-5492 Details - Not Deferred