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CVE-2015-5623

Date: August 3, 2015

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.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5623
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5623
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5623

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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