Vulnerability in WordPress
CVE-2013-4340
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (84.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116832.html (vendor-advisory)
- core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321 (Exploit, Patch)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116828.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757 (vendor-advisory)
- codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1 (Vendor Advisory)
- wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117118.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-4340?
- CVE-2013-4340 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2013-09-12.
- Is CVE-2013-4340 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.