diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php
index ebd20b895a..9e3ba23091 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php
@@ -917,7 +917,8 @@ final class WP_Screen {
 
 		switch ( $this->base ) {
 			case 'widgets':
-				$this->_screen_settings = '<p><a id="access-on" href="widgets.php?widgets-access=on">' . __('Enable accessibility mode') . '</a><a id="access-off" href="widgets.php?widgets-access=off">' . __('Disable accessibility mode') . "</a></p>\n";
+				$nonce = wp_create_nonce( 'widgets-access' );
+				$this->_screen_settings = '<p><a id="access-on" href="widgets.php?widgets-access=on&_wpnonce=' . urlencode( $nonce ) . '">' . __('Enable accessibility mode') . '</a><a id="access-off" href="widgets.php?widgets-access=off&_wpnonce=' . urlencode( $nonce ) . '">' . __('Disable accessibility mode') . "</a></p>\n";
 				break;
 			case 'post' :
 				$expand = '<fieldset class="editor-expand hidden"><legend>' . __( 'Additional settings' ) . '</legend><label for="editor-expand-toggle">';
diff --git a/wp-admin/widgets.php b/wp-admin/widgets.php
index 91d611cd1d..b4657f6223 100644
--- a/wp-admin/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-admin/widgets.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_theme_options' ) ) {
 
 $widgets_access = get_user_setting( 'widgets_access' );
 if ( isset($_GET['widgets-access']) ) {
+	check_admin_referer( 'widgets-access' );
+
 	$widgets_access = 'on' == $_GET['widgets-access'] ? 'on' : 'off';
 	set_user_setting( 'widgets_access', $widgets_access );
 }