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CVE-2015-5731

Published: 9 November 2015

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.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
wordpress
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(4.2.4+dfsg-1)
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.2.4+dfsg-1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.2.4+dfsg-1)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.2.4+dfsg-1)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (4.2.4+dfsg-1)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Not vulnerable
(4.2.4+dfsg-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.2.4+dfsg-1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(4.2.4+dfsg-1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(4.2.4+dfsg-1)
Patches:
upstream: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33542
upstream: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33543 (4.2)