VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5715
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…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 6.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.41% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76748
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9c57f3a4291f2311ae05f22c10eedeb0f69337abPatch
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5715
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8188
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76748
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9c57f3a4291f2311ae05f22c10eedeb0f69337abPatch
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5715
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8188
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.