WordPress up to 2.3.1 Capabilities access control

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
3.4$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in WordPress up to 2.3.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Capabilities. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2200. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WordPress up to 2.3.1 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Capabilities. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

WordPress before 3.5.2 does not properly check the capabilities of roles, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions on publishing and authorship reassignment via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 07/08/2013 by ryan as Bug 976784 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2200 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67131 (Debian DSA-2718-1 : wordpress - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12851 (WordPress Versions Prior to 3.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 2.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (67131), SecurityFocus (BID 60757†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40264†). The entries VDB-64447, VDB-64446, VDB-64445 and VDB-64444 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 67131
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2718-1 : wordpress - several vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 892718
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2718-1 (wordpress - several vulnerabilities
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: WordPress 2.3.2

Timelineinfo

02/19/2013 🔍
06/21/2013 +122 days 🔍
06/21/2013 +0 days 🔍
07/02/2013 +11 days 🔍
07/08/2013 +6 days 🔍
07/08/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +624 days 🔍
01/03/2022 +2477 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: Bug 976784
Researcher: ryan
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2013-2200 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2200
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64442

OVAL: 🔍
IAVM: 🔍

SecurityFocus: 60757 - WordPress CVE-2013-2200 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 40264 - WordPress 3.5.0, 3.5.1 Remote Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/03/2022 14:46
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (71), 05/04/2017 10:35 (6), 01/03/2022 14:46 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to know what is going to be exploited?

We predict KEV entries!