vulnerability
Wordpress: CVE-2015-5715: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | May 21, 2016 | May 16, 2017 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 21, 2016
Added
May 16, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
wordpress-upgrade-4_3_1
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