6.5

CVE-2015-5623: debian debian_linux Improper Access Control

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2015-5623
Published 03-08-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5623 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 7.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
7.75%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Duplicates 1
DSA-3328-1MGASA-2015-0290CVE-2015-2212

Timeline

  1. 03-08-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

WordPress before 4.2.3 does not properly verify the edit_posts capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and create drafts by leveraging the Subscriber role, as demonstrated by a post-quickdraft-save action to wp-admin/post.php.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

7.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.75% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
7.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress< 3.7 (fixed in 3.7.9) | ≥ 3.7, ≤ 3.7.8 (fixed in 3.7.9) | ≥ 3.8, ≤ 3.8.8 (fixed in 3.7.9) | ≥ 3.9, ≤ 3.9.6 (fixed in 3.7.9) | ≥ 4.0, ≤ 4.0.5 (fixed in 3.7.9) | ≥ 4.1, ≤ 4.1.5 (fixed in 3.7.9) | ≥ 4.2, ≤ 4.2.2 (fixed in 3.7.9)
  • wordpress≤ 4.2.2

2 vendors · 4 products

References

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