PT-2015-5699 · Yoast · Wordpress Seo By Yoast

Ryan Dewhurst · Published 2015-03-17 · Updated 2015-03-18 · CVE-2015-2293

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin versions prior to 1.5.7 WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin versions 1.6.x prior to 1.6.4 WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin versions 1.7.x prior to 1.7.4

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that conduct SQL injection attacks. The order by and order parameters in the wpseo bulk-editor page are specifically vulnerable to such attacks.

Recommendations For WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin versions prior to 1.5.7, update to version 1.5.7 or later. For WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin versions 1.6.x prior to 1.6.4, update to version 1.6.4 or later. For WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin versions 1.7.x prior to 1.7.4, update to version 1.7.4 or later.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-2293

Affected Products

Wordpress Seo By Yoast

References · 8

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130811/WordPress-SEO-By-Yoast-1.7.3.3-SQL-Injection.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/73 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securitytracker.com/id/1031920 · Exploit
• https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-security-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2293 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog · Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7841 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2293 · Note