WordPress Core 5.8 beta - Block Editor Authorization Bypass

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2021-39203
CVSS Medium (6.8)
Publicly Published September 9, 2021
Last Updated February 6, 2024
Researcher Steve Henty
Description

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. In affected versions authenticated users who don't have permission to view private post types/data can bypass restrictions in the block editor under certain conditions. This affected WordPress 5.8 beta during the testing period. It's fixed in the final 5.8 release.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 5.8 beta 1 - 5.8 beta 1
Patched Version
  • 5.8
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