CVE-2007-1893: xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users with the contributor role to bypass intended access…

PriorityP417medium4.9CVSS 2.0

AVAACMAuSCPIPAP

EPSS

1.17%

63.8th percentile

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

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 2.1.3-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 2.1.3-1 (bookworm)
wordpress	wordpress	<= 2.1.2	—
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.3-1	2.1.3-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.3-1	2.1.3-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.3-1	2.1.3-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.3-1	2.1.3-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv4.9MEDIUM

vendor_debian4.9MEDIUM

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