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Wordpress: CVE-2021-39203: Incorrect Authorization

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Wordpress: CVE-2021-39203: Incorrect Authorization

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/09/2021
Created
09/30/2021
Added
09/29/2021
Modified
09/29/2021

Description

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. In affected versions authenticated users who don't have permission to view private post types/data can bypass restrictions in the block editor under certain conditions. This affected WordPress 5.8 beta during the testing period. It's fixed in the final 5.8 release.

Solution(s)

  • misc-no-solution-exists

References

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