DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5623

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5623

    Published: 3 Aug 2015Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5623

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5623

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.3+dfsg-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High