WordPress Core < 4.2.3 - Authorization Bypass

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2015-5623
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published July 23, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Netanel Rubin
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.8
  • 3.8 - 3.8.8
  • 3.9 - 3.9.6
  • 4.0 - 4.0.5
  • 4.1 - 4.1.5
  • 4.2 - 4.2.2
Patched Version
  • 3.7.9
  • 3.8.9
  • 3.9.7
  • 4.0.6
  • 4.1.6
  • 4.2.3
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