CVE-2015-2292

critical

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in admin/class-bulk-editor-list-table.php in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 1.5.7, 1.6.x before 1.6.4, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 for WordPress allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) order_by or (2) order parameter in the wpseo_bulk-editor page to wp-admin/admin.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands.

References

https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-security-release/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36413/

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7841

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-2390

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031920

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/73

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130811/WordPress-SEO-By-Yoast-1.7.3.3-SQL-Injection.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-03-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05785