WordPress Core < 2.1.3 - Authorization Bypass

Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2007-1893
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published April 3, 2007
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users with the contributor role to bypass intended access restrictions and invoke the publish_posts functionality, which can be used to "publish a previously saved post."

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.2
Patched Version
  • 2.1.3
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