WordPress before 3.7.2 and 3.8.x before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to publish posts by leveraging the Contributor role, related to wp-admin/includes/post.php and wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
Published Apr 9, 2014
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.37%
Description
WordPress before 3.7.2 and 3.8.x before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to publish posts by leveraging the Contributor role, related to wp-admin/includes/post.php and wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.7.1
- 0.71
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.5
- 1.3
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.1.1
- 1.5.1.2
- 1.5.1.3
- 1.5.2
- 1.6.2
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.5
- 2.7
- 2.7.1
- 2.8
- 2.8.1
- 2.8.2
- 2.8.3
- 2.8.4
- 2.8.4
- 2.8.5
- 2.8.5.1
- 2.8.5.2
- 2.8.6
- 2.9
- 2.9.1
- 2.9.1.1
- 2.9.2
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.4
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2.1
- 3.3
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 3.3.3
- 3.4.0
- 3.4.1
- 3.4.2
- 3.5.0
- 3.5.1
- 3.6
- 3.6.1
- 3.7
- 3.8
- 3.8.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.37% (0.02368) | 83.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.37% (0.02368) | 81.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.63% (0.00626) | 67.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 24.20% (0.24205) | 93.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 0.63% (0.00626) | 67.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 4.79% (0.04794) | 87.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.63% (0.00626) | 68.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 49.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 48.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 46.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 56.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 54.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 52.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 30.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.7.2 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.8.2 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/27976 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2901 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085866 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.7.2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.8.2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/27976 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2901 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085866 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
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