Jetpack < 2.9.3 - Security Bypass

Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2014-0173
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published August 26, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The Jetpack plugin before 1.9 before 1.9.4, 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, 2.6.x before 2.6.3, 2.7.x before 2.7.2, 2.8.x before 2.8.2, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access to the XML-RPC service, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions and publish posts via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug jetpack (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8
  • 1.9 - 1.9.3
  • 2.0 - 2.0.8
  • 2.1 - 2.1.3
  • 2.2 - 2.2.6
  • 2.3 - 2.3.6
  • 2.4 - 2.4.3
  • 2.5 - 2.5.1
  • 2.6 - 2.6.2
  • 2.7 - 2.7.1
  • 2.8 - 2.8.1
  • 2.9 - 2.9.2
Patched Version
  • 1.9.4
  • 2.0.9
  • 2.1.4
  • 2.2.7
  • 2.3.7
  • 2.4.4
  • 2.5.2
  • 2.6.3
  • 2.7.2
  • 2.8.2
  • 2.9.3
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