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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.

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
9 Nov 2015
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
17 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
WordPressWordPress core · cpe:a:wordpress:wordpress
  • Every version up to 4.2.3

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5731
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5731