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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | wordpress | 3.6.1+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | wordpress | 3.6.1+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | wordpress | 3.6.1+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 7 | wordpress | 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u1 | DSA-2757-1 |
| Debian 6.0 | wordpress | 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u1 | DSA-2757-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2757-1 wordpress - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- FEDORA-2013-16925 vendor-advisory
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25321
- FEDORA-2013-16855 vendor-advisory
- DSA-2757 vendor-advisory
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1
- http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/
- FEDORA-2013-16895 vendor-advisory