CVE-2015-5731: WordPress

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 4.2.3

Published 2015-11-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.