CVE-2015-2293 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 17 Mar 2015 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can hijack authenticated user sessions to perform SQL injection attacks via CSRF in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2015-2293?

CVE-2015-2293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Mar 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in admin/class-bulk-editor-list-table.php in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 1.5.7, 1.6.x before 1.6.4, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that conduct SQL injection attacks via the (1) order_by or (2) order parameter in the wpseo_bulk-editor page.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2293?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Yoast Wordpress Seo.

How do I fix CVE-2015-2293?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-2293 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-2293 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2293 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cj93-76vr-mmxw.