CVE-2015-5731

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-5731

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2015-11-09T11:59:03

Last Modified Date
2017-11-04T01:29:07

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-352	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::	1	OR		4.2.3

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

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

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5731
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5731

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:12:39				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:08:59	2015-11-09T11:59Z	2015-11-09T11:59:03	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:08:59		2017-11-04T01:29:07	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:08:59		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated