CVE-2015-5623

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5623
Import Source
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JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-5623
Related
Published
2015-08-03T14:59:02Z
Modified
2025-04-12T10:46:40Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.3+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.3+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.3+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}