CVE-2015-5623
EPSS 48.4%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-5623
To remediate CVE-2015-5623, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 4.2.3+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2015-5623 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 48.4%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.2.3+dfsg-1