CVE-2015-5623: Debian Linux
Medium severity, CVSS 4.0. EPSS: 7.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Affected products
Published 2015-08-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.