CVE-2015-5731 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to lock posts, causing denial of service via CSRF in WordPress.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-5731?
CVE-2015-5731 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 9 Nov 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5731?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wordpress Wordpress.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5731?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-5731 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5731 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5731, GHSA-2x9x-8f2w-9hwc.