CVE-2015-5623
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS4.0
Exploit probability95. percentile7.7%
Product
Wordpress
PublishedAug 3, 2015
First seenAug 3, 2015
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress wordpress | v ≤ 4.2.2 | — |
| debian debian_linux | 8.0 | — |
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