CVE-2017-5492 Information
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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 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733 https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction Required
NONE
Scope
REQUIRED
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
HIGH
Base Severity
8.8