CVE-2015-5731

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.

References

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33543

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33542

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3