CVE-2015-5623

WordPress < 4.2.3 - Authenticated Improper Access Control via Post Quickdraft Save

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111

Scores

EPSS 0.4837
EPSS Percentile 97.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
wordpress/wordpress < 4.2.2
Published Aug 03, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026