Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:4776Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. The attacks are possible because wp-admin/post.php does not prevent the attackers from sending requests which locks posts from being edited. This can also lead to denial of service (DoS) attacks through a get-post-lock action.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33542
core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33543
wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
Related
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P