CVE-2015-5715
medium
CVSS v3
4.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
53%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | {"endIncluding":"4.3.0"} | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76748
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9c57f3a4291f2311ae05f22c10eedeb0f69337ab
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5715
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8188
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.