ghsa-vc9p-pxc7-xfc8
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 00:28
Modified
2025-04-12 13:00
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-5715"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-05-22T01:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-vc9p-pxc7-xfc8",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:00:20Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:28:14Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5715"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9c57f3a4291f2311ae05f22c10eedeb0f69337ab"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5715"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8188"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76748"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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