VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-5492

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.91%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

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

Primary references