PT-2015-7054 · WordPress · Wordpress

Marc-Alexandre Montpas · Published 2015-08-10 · Updated 2017-11-04 · CVE-2015-5731

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 versions prior to 4.2.4

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that lock a post, potentially causing a denial of service (editing blockage) via a 'get-post-lock' action.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.2.4, update to version 4.2.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wp-admin/post.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the 'get-post-lock' action in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Fix

DoS

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-5731

DLA-294-1

DSA-3332-1

DSA-3383-1

MGASA-2015-0309

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 35

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5732 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4730 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11935 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3332-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5734 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0309 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7989 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2213 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5715 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3383-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5731 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5622 · Security Note