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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5492
• WordPress/WordPress@03e5c03
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95407
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591