SB2017051622 - Cross-site request forgery in WordPress WordPress
Published: May 16, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017051622
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-2017-9066)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect users to arbitrary website.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied data before redirecting visitors in the HTTP class. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to interact with the web server using SSRF vector.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to send HTTP requests to 0.0.0.0 on port 80, 443 and 8080.
Example:
http://[host]/wp-admin/press-this.php?u=http://[HOST|IP]
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.