Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WordPress - CVE-2013-2200
Published: July 8, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42740
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2200
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate data.
WordPress before 3.5.2 does not properly check the capabilities of roles, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions on publishing and authorship reassignment via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
WordPress
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2200
Install update from vendor's website.