CVE-2015-5731

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-352

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 9, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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