VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5623
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…
MEDIUM 4.0EPSS 7.75%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 7.75% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.