WordPress Core < 4.3.1 - Authorization Bypass to Information Disclosure

2015-09-15 00:00

Shahar Tal

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.7.11

Affected CoreWordPress 4.3

Affected Version3.7 – 4.3 · 8 branches

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2015-5715

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Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 3.7.11, 3.8.11, 3.9.9, 4.0.8, 4.1.8, 4.2.5, 4.3.1 --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5715 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3a71b8da-73dd-488e-b553-77116731f13f

CVSS Vector

5.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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