SB2017011117 - Cross-site request forgery in WordPress WordPress

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SB2017011117 - Cross-site request forgery in WordPress WordPress

Published: January 11, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017011117
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5489)

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can create a specially specially crafted web page, trick the authenticated victim into visiting it, perform cross-site request forgery attack and hijack authentication of unspecified victims.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to hijack authentication.




Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References