cve/2017/CVE-2017-5492.md

### [CVE-2017-5492](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5492)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8720

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/Afetter618/WordPress-PenTest
- https://github.com/Vale12344/pen-test-wordpress
- https://github.com/harrystaley/CSCI4349_Week9_Honeypot
- https://github.com/harrystaley/TAMUSA_CSCI4349_Week9_Honeypot
- https://github.com/hoonman/cybersecurity_week7_8
- https://github.com/smfils1/Cybersecurity-WordPress-Pentesting