gsd-2015-5623
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2015-5623


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      "https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328",
      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2015-5623.html"
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      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2017-09-21T01:29Z",
      "publishedDate": "2015-08-03T14:59Z"
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}


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