VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-9064

In WordPress before 4.7.5, a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the filesystem credentials dialog because a nonce is not required for updating credentials.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.74%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.5, a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the filesystem credentials dialog because a nonce is not required for updating credentials.

CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.74% probability · 76th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-352
Affected: wordpress/wordpress · debian/debian linux
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/38347d7c580be4cdd8476e4bbc653d5c79ed9b67Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8818Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/38347d7c580be4cdd8476e4bbc653d5c79ed9b67Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8818Patch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.