CVE-2015-5623
CVSS V2 Medium 4
CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-5623
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2015-08-03T14:59:02
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-09-21T01:29:13
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.2.2 | |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 4
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8
- Impact Score
- 2.9
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5623 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5623 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:29:15 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 05:47:00 | 2015-08-03T14:59Z | 2015-08-03T14:59:02 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 05:47:00 | 2017-09-21T01:29:13 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 05:47:00 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |