CVE - CVE-2017-5492

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-5492	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:95407 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407 CONFIRM:https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 CONFIRM:https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733 CONFIRM:https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ DEBIAN:DSA-3779 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 MISC:https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720 MLIST:[oss-security] 20170114 Re: CVE Request: Wordpress: 8 security issues in 4.7 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 SECTRACK:1037591 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170114	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170114)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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