CVE-2015-5715

MEDIUM

WordPress <4.3.1 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

The mw_editPost function in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in the XMLRPC subsystem in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and arrange for a private post to be published and sticky, via unspecified vectors.

References (9)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76748

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1

[Patch] https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9c57f3a4291f2311ae05f22c10eedeb0f69337ab

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8188

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383

[Third Party Advisory] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5715

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.2852

EPSS Percentile 96.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

wordpress/wordpress < 4.3.0

Timeline

Published May 22, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026