CVE-2015-5715

4.3 mediumEPSS 6.4%

Medium (4.3) in wordpress wordpress. EPSS 6.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The mw_editPost function in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in the XMLRPC subsystem in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and arrange for a private post to be published and sticky, via unspecified vectors.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

4.3 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 6.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2016-05-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wordpress:wordpress

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76748
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1

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