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 (8)
Core 8
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0053
EPSS Percentile
67.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-352
Status
published
Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress
< 4.7
Published
Jan 15, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026