CVE-2014-0165 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2014-0165?

CVE-2014-0165 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 9 Apr 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0165?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wordpress Wordpress.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0165?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2014-0165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0165, GHSA-hhj8-hj4j-7q6w.