Unscored severity · published Nov 9, 2015
CVE-2015-5731
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…
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CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 4.2.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5731
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5731
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
Patch
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
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