Vulnerability Details : 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.
Published 2015-11-09 11:59:03
Updated 2017-11-04 01:29:07
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2015-5731

Threat overview for CVE-2015-5731

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2015-5731
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80
IPs affected by CVE-2015-5731 6
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5731

EPSS FAQ
0.75%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 81 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2015-5731

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.8
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2015-5731

  • The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2015-5731

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