vulnerability

Wordpress: CVE-2017-5489: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 14, 2017
Added
May 16, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via vectors involving a Flash file upload.

Solution

wordpress-upgrade-4_7_1
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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