Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20155623000
Revision Date:2015-08-03Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-5623 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-5623
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'wordpress' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.2.4+dfsg-1').
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