DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5731

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5731

    Published: 9 Nov 2015Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5731

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5731

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.4+dfsg-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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