CSRF in Wordpress

CVE-2015-5731

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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.039 (89.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5731?
CVE-2015-5731 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2015-11-09.
Is CVE-2015-5731 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.