Access Restriction Bypass Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-WORDPRESS-362521
  • published22 May 2016
  • disclosed22 May 2016

Introduced: 22 May 2016

CVE-2015-5715  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 wordpress.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The mw_editPost function in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in the XMLRPC subsystem in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and arrange for a private post to be published and sticky, via unspecified vectors.