Description (CNA)
xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users with the contributor role to bypass intended access restrictions and invoke the publish_posts functionality, which can be used to "publish a previously saved post."
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25108
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33470
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
- http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24751
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25108
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33470
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
- http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24751
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285