WordPress Core < 3.6.1 - Spoof Post Authorship

Improper Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVE	CVE-2013-4340
CVSS	Medium (6.3)
Publicly Published	September 11, 2013
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Anakorn Kyavatanakij

Description

wp-admin/includes/post.php in WordPress before 3.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to spoof the authorship of a post by leveraging the Author role and providing a modified user_ID parameter.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Core
Software Slug	wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.6
Patched Version	3.6.1

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