WordPress Core < 3.6.1 - Spoof Post Authorship

6.3
Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2013-4340
CVSS 6.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 11, 2013
Last Updated December 5, 2022
Researcher Anakorn Kyavatanakij

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.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.6.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.6
Patched Version
  • 3.6.1

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