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 create drafts by leveraging the Subscriber role, as demonstrated by a post-quickdraft-save action to wp-admin/post.php.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

7.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Published

2015-08-03

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• ahmedj98/Pentesting-Unit-70★ · 2021-11-03

Security advisories

• http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
• https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2015-5622
• CVE-2015-5714
• CVE-2017-6817