CVE-2010-5106

medium

Description

The XML-RPC remote publishing interface in xmlrpc.php in WordPress before 3.0.3 does not properly check capabilities, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and publish, edit, or delete posts, by leveraging the Author or Contributor role.

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/10

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-09-14

Updated: 2012-09-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium