CVE-2013-4340 (GCVE-0-2013-4340)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-12 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
wp-admin/includes/post.php in WordPress before 3.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to spoof the authorship of a post by leveraging the Author role and providing a modified user_ID parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Date Public
2013-09-11 00:00
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