HIGH
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the widget-editing accessibility-mode feature in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that perform a widgets-access action, related to wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php and wp-admin/widgets.php
Published Jan 15, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.90%
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the widget-editing accessibility-mode feature in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that perform a widgets-access action, related to wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php and wp-admin/widgets.php.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.90% 0.01904
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01904
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01904) | 78.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.93% (0.01930) | 77.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.58% (0.00585) | 66.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 14.92% (0.14924) | 90.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 0.58% (0.00585) | 66.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 3.45% (0.03445) | 85.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.58% (0.00585) | 67.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00301) | 70.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00277) | 67.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00277) | 63.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.33% (0.02335) | 53.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.33% (0.02335) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720 x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720 | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 15, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 14, 2017
Link CVE-2017-5492
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a