CVE-2015-5731 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/post.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that lock a post, and consequently cause a denial of service (editing blockage), via a get-post-lock action.

Published: 2015-11-09

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 14.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-294-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3332-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3383-1	wordpress security update

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.14757.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33542
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33543
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-11-09T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:04.282Z

Reserved: 2015-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5731

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-11-09T11:59:03.103

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5731

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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