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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade wordpress | Nov 9, 2015 | Oct 29, 2015 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade de-wordpressUpgrade ru-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_TWUpgrade wordpressUpgrade ja-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_CN | Dec 10, 2025 | Aug 6, 2015 |
| Wordpress | — | Upgrade Wordpress to version 4.2.4 | May 16, 2017 | Nov 9, 2015 |
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