CSRF in Yoast WordPress Seo
CVE-2015-2293
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) 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 attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that conduct SQL injection attacks via the (1) order_by or (2) order parameter in the wpseo_bulk-editor page.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Yoast WordPress Seo — versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7841
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/130811/WordPress-SEO-By-Yoast-1.7.3.3-SQL-Injecti… (Exploit)
- yoast.com/wordpress-seo-security-release/ (Vendor Advisory)
- wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/73 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031920 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-2293?
- CVE-2015-2293 is a vulnerability in Yoast WordPress Seo, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2015-03-17.
- Is CVE-2015-2293 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.