Description
xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users with the contributor role to bypass intended access restrictions and invoke the publish_posts functionality, which can be used to "publish a previously saved post."
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25108 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33470 ↗
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091 ↗
- http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/ ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24751 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285 ↗