CVE-2017-5492
WordPress CSRF Widget-Editing Accessibility Mode
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 15, 2017, 2:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 4, 2017, 1:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2017-5492 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2017-5492.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
WordPress Pen Testing
None
Testing certain penetration methods on WordPress
Demonstrate vulnerabilities in an older version of WordPress
HTML
Documentation for TAMUSA CSCI 4349.
penetration-testing
Python Shell PHP Batchfile CSS JavaScript HTML Smarty Pascal C++
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2017-5492 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2017-5492 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 04, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 27, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 No Types Assigned https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733 No Types Assigned https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733 Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Added CWE CWE-352 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-5492 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-5492
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.30 }} 0.02%
score
0.70045
percentile