Cross-site request forgery in WordPress WordPress

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU4858

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [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 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

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.

Mitigation

Update to version 4.7.1

Vulnerable software versions

WordPress: 4.7

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:wordpress_org:wordpress:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.