CVE-2015-5623

Publication date 3 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wordpress	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
wordpress	Upstream: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5623