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CVE-2013-4340

LOW 3.5 CVSS 2.0
Published
September 12, 2013
Last modified
June 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
secalert@redhat.com
Weakness
CWE-264
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

wp-admin/includes/post.php in WordPress before 3.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to spoof the authorship of a post by leveraging the Author role and providing a modified user_ID parameter.

Affected WordPress components

  • WordPress core
    Confirmed match
    Up to and including 3.6

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • n/a n/a — Versions not specified
  • wordpress wordpress — Up to and including 3.6

References