Description
wp-admin/includes/post.php in WordPress before 3.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to spoof the authorship of a post by leveraging the Author role and providing a modified user_ID parameter.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 3.5/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1Vendor Advisory
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116828.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116832.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117118.html
- http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1Vendor Advisory
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116828.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116832.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117118.html
- http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 12, 2013
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified