SB2017011117 - Cross-site request forgery in WordPress WordPress
Published: January 11, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017011117
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5489)
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.