High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5492
CVE-2017-5492
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.7
- (no CPE)range: <4.7.1
Patches
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References
8- github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733nvdPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591nvd
- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720nvd
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