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CVE-2017-5492
Published:January 15, 2017
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (10)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5492
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5492
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-352
EPSS
Base Score:
0.53