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CVE-2017-5492

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.86% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. It affects WordPress. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-5492
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.86%
WordPress

Original NVD 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.