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.
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8818
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/38347d7c580be4cdd8476e4bbc653d5c79ed9b67
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2017-05-18
Updated: 2025-04-20
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00965