CVE-2019-20043

Published Dec 27, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
In in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, authenticated users who do not have the rights to publish a post are able to mark posts as sticky or unsticky via the REST API. For example, the contributor role does not have such rights, but this allowed them to bypass that. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4599-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4677-1 wordpress security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-10599 In in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, authenticated users who do not have the rights to publish a post are able to mark posts as sticky or unsticky via the REST API. For example, the contributor role does not have such rights, but this allowed them to bypass that. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:32 AM
Reserved
Dec 27, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 27, 2019, 8:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:29 AM