UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4340

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4340

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4340.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4340

Upstream

CVE-2013-4340

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:42:55Z

Published

2013-09-12T13:30:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T07:31:21.153945Z

Severity

Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name: wordpress
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@3.6.1+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.6.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.1+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.1+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}