CVE-2015-2293

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in admin/class-bulk-editor-list-table.php in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 1.5.7, 1.6.x before 1.6.4, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that conduct SQL injection attacks via the (1) order_by or (2) order parameter in the wpseo_bulk-editor page.

References

Link	Tags
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7841
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130811/WordPress-SEO-By-Yoast-1.7.3.3-SQL-Injection.html	exploit
https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-security-release/	vendor advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/73	mailing list exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031920	vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-2293?: CVE-2015-2293 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-2293?: To fix CVE-2015-2293, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-2293 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2015-2293 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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Description

Category

CWE-352 – Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

Frequently Asked Questions