SB2017051619 - Cross-site request forgery in WordPress WordPress
Published: May 16, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017051619
Severity
Low
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-2017-9064)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CSRF attack.The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the filesystem credentials dialog. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and perform CSRF attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.