Cross-site request forgery in WordPress - CVE-2017-5489
Published: January 17, 2017 / Updated: January 17, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4858
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5489
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: WordPress.ORG
Affected software:
WordPress
WordPress
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5489
Update to version 4.7.1