PT-2017-16533 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2017-01-15 · Updated 2017-11-04 · CVE-2017-5492

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 4.7.1

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue exists in the widget-editing accessibility-mode feature, allowing remote attackers to hijack the authentication of victims for requests that perform a widgets-access action. This is related to the wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php and wp-admin/widgets.php files.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.7.1, update to version 4.7.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the widget-editing feature in accessibility mode until the update is applied.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-5492

DLA-813-1

DSA-3779-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 31

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5492 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5610 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5491 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5611 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5492 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3779-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5492 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5490 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3779-1 · Vendor Advisory