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…

published August 3, 2015

CVSS
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EPSS
8%
Percentile
94.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.07748 · 94.6th percentile
Published
2015-08-03T14:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 AUG 14:00Z
    WordPress before 4.2.3 does not properly verify the edit_posts capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and…
    cvelistv5