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CVE-2007-1893

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

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."

How to fix

Remediation Available
wordpressDebian
Fixed in:2.1.3-1CVE-2007-1893
Fixed in:2.1.3-1CVE-2007-1893
Fixed in:2.1.3-1CVE-2007-1893
Fixed in:2.1.3-1CVE-2007-1893

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days
63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

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