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CVE-2017-5492

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5492 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 4.7.1, specifically within the widget-editing accessibility-mode feature. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows remote attackers to hijack authenticated user sessions to perform unauthorized widget-related actions, potentially leading to significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

codex.wordpress.org / Version_4.7.1
Release NotesVendor Advisory
github.com / WordPress/WordPress/commit/03e5c0314aeffe6b27f4b98fef842bf0fb00c733
Patch
wordpress.org / news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release
Vendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8720
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3779
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95407
securitytracker.com / id/1037591