CVE-2017-5492

WordPress Core < 4.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Widget Editing

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de CSRF en la funcionalidad de modo de accesibilidad de edición de widget en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.7.1 permite a atacantes remotos secuestrar la autenticación de victimas no especificadas para solicitudes que realizan una acción de acceso a widgets, relacionado con wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php and wp-admin/widgets.php.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in wordpress, a web blogging tool. They would allow remote attackers to hijack victims' credentials, access sensitive information, execute arbitrary commands, bypass read and post restrictions, or mount denial-of-service attacks.

*Credits: Ronnie Skansing

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-01-11 CVE Published
2017-01-14 CVE Reserved
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591	Vdb Entry
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733	2017-11-04

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779	2017-11-04
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1	2017-11-04
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release	2017-11-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 4.7 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 4.7"		-		Affected