CVE-2015-5731

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33542
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33543
• https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33542
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33543
• https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/