CVE-2015-5623
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-08-03 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 06:59
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
cve@mitre.orghttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
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