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CVE-2015-5623
UNKNOWN · CVSS n/a
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2015-08-03T14:59:02.633 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:29:27.970

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.

Affected products

wordpress — wordpress

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References

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