Vulnerability in WordPress
CVE-2014-0165
WordPress before 3.7.2 and 3.8.x before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to publish posts by leveraging the Contributor role, related to wp-admin/includes/post.php and wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- WordPress — versions 0.71, 1.0, 1.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.7.2 (Vendor Advisory)
- core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/27976
- codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.8.2 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2901 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-0165?
- CVE-2014-0165 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-04-10.
- Is CVE-2014-0165 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.