vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-5492): wordpress vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 15, 2017 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 15, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025
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.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2017-5492
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-5492
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/1
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
- URL-https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
- URL-https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733
- URL-https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- URL-https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5492
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