CVE-2015-5623

2015-08-0314:59:00

Debian Security Bug Tracker

security-tracker.debian.org

4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

47.8%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Debian12allwordpress< 4.2.3+dfsg-1wordpress_4.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb
Debian11allwordpress< 4.2.3+dfsg-1wordpress_4.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb
Debian10allwordpress< 4.2.3+dfsg-1wordpress_4.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb
Debian999allwordpress< 4.2.3+dfsg-1wordpress_4.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb
Debian13allwordpress< 4.2.3+dfsg-1wordpress_4.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Debian	12	all	wordpress	< 4.2.3+dfsg-1	wordpress_4.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb
Debian	11	all	wordpress	< 4.2.3+dfsg-1	wordpress_4.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb
Debian	10	all	wordpress	< 4.2.3+dfsg-1	wordpress_4.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb
Debian	999	all	wordpress	< 4.2.3+dfsg-1	wordpress_4.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb
Debian	13	all	wordpress	< 4.2.3+dfsg-1	wordpress_4.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb