CVE-2015-6523 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
A CSRF vulnerability in the Portfolio plugin allows attackers to hijack administrator sessions, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or privilege escalation.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-6523?
CVE-2015-6523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Aug 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 the Portfolio plugin before 1.05 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that have unspecified impact via a request to the instagram-portfolio page in wp-admin/options-general.php.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6523?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Portfolio Project Portfolio.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6523?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6523 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-6523 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6523 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8j5p-q3wr-fh2h.