CVE-2015-5623

MediumCVSS 4.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 3, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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