CVE-2015-5623 (GCVE-0-2015-5623)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-03 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
WordPress before 4.2.3 does not properly verify the edit_posts capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and create drafts by leveraging the Subscriber role, as demonstrated by a post-quickdraft-save action to wp-admin/post.php.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111 | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2015-07-23 00:00
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