UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4340

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4340
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4340.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4340
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:55Z
Published
2013-09-12T13:30:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:16:26.878743Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@3.6.1+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress",
            "binary_version": "3.6.1+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n",
            "binary_version": "3.6.1+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4340.json"