Cross-site request forgery in WordPress - CVE-2017-9064
Published: May 17, 2017 / Updated: October 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6590
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9064
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9064
Update to version 4.7.5.