Security restrictions bypass in WordPress - CVE-2018-20152
Published: December 13, 2018 / Updated: December 17, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16524
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20152
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions and create posts of unauthorized post types with specially crafted input.
The weakness exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions and create posts of unauthorized post types with specially crafted input.
Affected software
WordPress
wordpress (Debian package)
wordpress (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20152
Update to version 5.0.1.
WordPress - update to 5.0.1
wordpress (Debian package) - update to 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u5
wordpress (Debian package) - update to 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u5