VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-1893
xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users with the contributor role to bypass intended access restrictions and invoke the publish_posts functionality, which can be used to "publish a previously saved…
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 1.17%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users with the contributor role to bypass intended access restrictions and invoke the publish_posts functionality, which can be used to "publish a previously saved post."
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.17% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24751Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25108Vendor Advisory
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285
- http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33470
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24751Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25108Vendor Advisory
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285
- http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33470
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.