Vulnerability in WordPress
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 restrictions and invoke the publish_posts functionality, which can be used to "publish a previously saved post."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (66.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25108 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33470 (vdb-entry)
- trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
- www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/
- secunia.com/advisories/24751 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285 (vendor-advisory)