CVE-2015-5731

WordPress < 4.2.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Post Lock Action

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383

Scores

EPSS 0.1476
EPSS Percentile 94.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress < 4.2.3
Published Nov 09, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026