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CVE-2015-2293

6.8 · MEDIUM

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 fo…

Published Mar 17, 2015yoastCWE-352EPSS 1.52%

Overview

CVE-2015-2293 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting yoast wordpress_seo. It was published on March 17, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical 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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from yoast. Update wordpress_seo to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
yoastwordpress_seo0Affected

References

Refpacketstormsecurity.com/files/130811/WordPress-SEO-By-Yoast-1.7.3.3-SQL-Injection.htmlRefseclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/73Refwww.securitytracker.com/id/1031920Refwordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/Refwpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7841Refyoast.com/wordpress-seo-security-release/Refpacketstormsecurity.com/files/130811/WordPress-SEO-By-Yoast-1.7.3.3-SQL-Injection.htmlRefseclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/73Refwww.securitytracker.com/id/1031920Refwordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-2293?

CVE-2015-2293 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting yoast wordpress_seo. It was published on March 17, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2015-2293?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2015-2293?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from yoast. Update wordpress_seo to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2015-2293?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2015-2293 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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