In in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, authenticated users who do not have the rights to publish a post are able to mark posts as sticky or unsticky via the REST API. For example, the contributor role does not have such rights, but this allowed them to bypass that. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1d1d5be7aa94608c04516cac4238e8c22b93c1d9 | Third Party Advisory |
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46893/trunk | Patch |
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9973 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 | Third Party Advisory |
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-g7rg-hchx-c2gw | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 | Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2019-12-27 00:15
Updated : 2023-01-20 08:11
NVD link : CVE-2019-20043
Mitre link : CVE-2019-20043
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CWE
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
wordpress
- wordpress