CVE-2015-5623 | BDVDB-2026-70830 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.