{"cve":"CVE-2015-5623","nvd":{"published":"2015-08-03T14:59:02.633","modified":"2026-06-17T00:29:27.970","status":"Modified","description":"WordPress before 4.2.3 does not properly verify the edit_posts capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and create drafts by leveraging the Subscriber role, as demonstrated by a post-quickdraft-save action to wp-admin/post.php.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-284"],"references":["http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18","http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","wordpress:wordpress"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:36:40.444340523+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5623","score":0.07748,"percentile":0.94634,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}