CVE-2017-5492
Published: 15 January 2017
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
wordpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
disco |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
eoan |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
groovy |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
impish |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
lunar |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
xenial |
Needed
|
|
yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
zesty |
Not vulnerable
(4.7.1+dfsg-1)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 8.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/1
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5492
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian