UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5715

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5715
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5715.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5715
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:15Z
Published
2016-05-22T01:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:48:49.413133Z
Severity
  • 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The mw_editPost function in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in the XMLRPC subsystem in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and arrange for a private post to be published and sticky, via unspecified vectors.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.3.1+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

4.*

4.3+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentythirteen",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1+dfsg-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}