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CVE-2015-6523

6.8 · MEDIUM

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Portfolio plugin before 1.05 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that have unspe…

Published Aug 19, 2015portfolio_projectCWE-352EPSS 1.18%

Overview

CVE-2015-6523 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting portfolio_project portfolio. It was published on August 19, 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

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Portfolio plugin before 1.05 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that have unspecified impact via a request to the instagram-portfolio page in wp-admin/options-general.php.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from portfolio_project. Update portfolio 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
portfolio_projectportfolio0Affected

References

Refseclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/104Refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1175403/portfolio-by-lisa-westlundRefwpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8108Refseclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/104Refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1175403/portfolio-by-lisa-westlundRefwpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8108

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6523?

CVE-2015-6523 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting portfolio_project portfolio. It was published on August 19, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2015-6523?

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-2015-6523?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from portfolio_project. Update portfolio 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-2015-6523?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2015-6523 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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