CVE-2013-4340

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.

CVSS v2.0 3.5 LOW

3.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321	Exploit Patch
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1	Vendor Advisory
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116832.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117118.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116828.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2013-09-12 06:30

Updated : 2013-10-01 21:29

NVD link : CVE-2013-4340

Mitre link : CVE-2013-4340

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

wordpress

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