CVE-2015-5715: WordPress

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 6.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 4.3.0

Published 2016-05-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.