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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2015-08-03T14:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:02.704Z
Reserved: 2015-07-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-5623
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2015-08-03T14:59:02.633
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:33:25.273
Link: CVE-2015-5623
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