Access Restriction Bypass Affecting wordpress package, versions <3.6.1+dfsg-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.34% (72nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-363242
- published 12 Sep 2013
- disclosed 12 Sep 2013
Introduced: 12 Sep 2013
CVE-2013-4340 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 3.6.1+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.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4340
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116828.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116832.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117118.html
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321
- http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/
CVSS Scores
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