PT-2015-6990 · WordPress · Wordpress

Netanel Rubin · Published 2015-07-27 · Updated 2017-09-21 · CVE-2015-5623

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 4.2.3

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and create drafts by leveraging the Subscriber role. This can be achieved by sending a post-quickdraft-save action to the "wp-admin/post.php" endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.2.3, update to version 4.2.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-5623

DSA-3328-1

DSA-3328-2

MGASA-2015-0290

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 28

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3328-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3429 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0290 · Vendor Advisory
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5623 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3328-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5622 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5623 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3328-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5623 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5623 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0290.html · Security Note