CVE-2013-4340

Published: Sep 12, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

3.5

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 6.8 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

wp-admin/includes/post.php in WordPress before 3.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to spoof the authorship of a post by leveraging the Author role and providing a modified user_ID parameter.

Affected (1)

Products: Wordpress: Wordpress

Wordpress

1 product

Wordpress

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wordpress Wordpress	Up to 3.6

Related CWEs

CWE-264

References (14)

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitPatch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116828.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116832.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117118.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1