CVE-2017-5492 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

What is CVE-2017-5492?

CVE-2017-5492 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 15 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5492?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wordpress Wordpress.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5492?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-5492 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5492 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5492, GHSA-vhg8-r42v-3qpv, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5492.