Improper Access Control Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.75% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-WORDPRESS-362827
  • 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?

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.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1