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.
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.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328 ↗
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3 ↗
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037 ↗
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/ ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011 ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18 ↗
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111 ↗