CVE-2015-5715

Severity

40%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-05-22 01:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-11-04 01:29:00

Affected Software

WordPress

References

DSA-3375

DSA-3383

76748

1033979

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1

Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9c57f3a4291f2311ae05f22c10eedeb0f69337ab

Patch

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5715

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/

Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8188

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