CVE-2013-4340
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.5
Description
wp-admin/includes/post.php in WordPress before 3.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to spoof the authorship of a post by leveraging the Author role and providing a modified user_ID parameter.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4340
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.6.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.6.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.6.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.6.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.6.1+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | {"endIncluding":"3.6"} | |
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116828.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116832.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117118.html
- http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4340
CWEs
CWE-264
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.