VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-5623

CVSS score4 NONE
EPSS probability7.75%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-08-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-284

Primary references