CVE-2013-4340

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Published Sep 12, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 3.5 Low EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2757-1	wordpress security update
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4226	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.7% (2.726% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116828.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116832.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117118.html
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 4:38 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Sep 12, 2013, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 4:38 PM
Reserved: Jun 12, 2013, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 12, 2013, 1:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 PM

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