CVE-2015-5715
First published: Sun May 22 2016(Updated: )
The mw_editPost function in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in the XMLRPC subsystem in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and arrange for a private post to be published and sticky, via unspecified vectors.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress WordPress | <=4.3.0 | |
| debian/wordpress | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 6.5.5+dfsg1-1 6.6.1+dfsg1-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9c57f3a4291f2311ae05f22c10eedeb0f69337ab
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5715
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76748
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8188
- agent/type
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/remedy
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- source/Debian
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- vendor/wordpress
- canonical/wordpress wordpress
- version/wordpress wordpress/4.3.0
- package-manager/debian