| Name | CVE-2015-5715 |
| Description | The mw_editPost function in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in the XMLRPC subsystem in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and arrange for a private post to be published and sticky, via unspecified vectors. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-321-1, DSA-3375-1, DSA-3383-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 799140 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.6.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | source | squeeze | 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u8 | DLA-321-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | wheezy | 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u8 | DSA-3383-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | jessie | 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u5 | DSA-3375-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 4.3.1+dfsg-1 | 799140 |
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9c57f3a4291f2311ae05f22c10eedeb0f69337ab