CVE-2015-5715

Name	CVE-2015-5715
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-321-1, DSA-3375-1, DSA-3383-1
Debian Bugs	799140

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wordpress (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.6.1+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
wordpress	source	squeeze	3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u8	DLA-321-1
wordpress	source	wheezy	3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u8	DSA-3383-1
wordpress	source	jessie	4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u5	DSA-3375-1
wordpress	source	(unstable)	4.3.1+dfsg-1		799140

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9c57f3a4291f2311ae05f22c10eedeb0f69337ab