Improper Access Control Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.2.3+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-362828
  • published3 Aug 2015
  • disclosed3 Aug 2015

Introduced: 3 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-5623  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 4.2.3+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1