CVE-2015-5731
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5731
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-5731.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-5731
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:15:06.956858Z
- Published
- 2015-11-09T11:59:03Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:15:06.956858Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33542
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33543