CVE-2015-5623 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2015-08-03

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 48.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-3328-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3328-2	wordpress regression update

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.48368.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-08-03T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:02.704Z

Reserved: 2015-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5623

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-03T14:59:02.633

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5623

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-284

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