CVE-2017-5492
CVSS V2 Medium 6.8
CVSS V3 High 8.8
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-5492
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-01-15T02:59:03
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-11-04T01:29:43
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.7 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.8
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 8.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733 | Patch |
| https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407 | |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720 | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5492 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5492 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:12:16 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 12:56:51 | 2017-01-15T02:59Z | 2017-01-15T02:59:03 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 12:56:51 | 2017-11-04T01:29:43 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 12:56:51 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |