| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2015-5623 (CCN-105074) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assigned: | 2015-07-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Published: | 2015-07-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated: | 2017-09-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summary: | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.4 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) 4.7 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 4.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-284 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Cross-Site Scripting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References: | Source: CONFIRM Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3 Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2015-5623 Source: MLIST Type: UNKNOWN [oss-security] 20150723 Re: CVE request: WordPress 4.2.2 and earlier cross-site scripting vulnerability Source: CCN Type: oss-security Mailing List, Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:14:42 +0300 CVE request: WordPress 4.2.2 and earlier cross-site scripting vulnerability Source: CCN Type: oss-security Mailing List, Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:04:27 -0400 (EDT) Re: CVE request: WordPress 4.2.2 and earlier cross-site scripting vulnerability Source: CCN Type: SECTRACK ID: 1033037 WordPress Input Validation Flaws Let Remote Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks Source: DEBIAN Type: UNKNOWN DSA-3328 Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 76011 Source: CCN Type: BID-76011 WordPress Prior to 4.2.3 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Source: SECTRACK Type: UNKNOWN 1033037 Source: CONFIRM Type: UNKNOWN https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN wp-quickdraft-cve20155623-xss(105074) Source: CCN Type: WordPress Web Site WordPress 4.2.3 Security and Maintenance Release Source: CONFIRM Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/ Source: MISC Type: UNKNOWN https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111 Source: CCN Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database CVE-2015-5623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration 2: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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