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CVE-2019-20043 Detail

Description

In in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, authenticated users who do not have the rights to publish a post are able to mark posts as sticky or unsticky via the REST API. For example, the contributor role does not have such rights, but this allowed them to bypass that. This has been patched in WordPress 5.3.1, along with all the previous WordPress versions from 3.7 to 5.3 via a minor release.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/46893/trunk Patch 
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/1d1d5be7aa94608c04516cac4238e8c22b93c1d9 Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-g7rg-hchx-c2gw Third Party Advisory 
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://wordpress.org/news/2019/12/wordpress-5-3-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9973 Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-20043
NVD Published Date:
12/27/2019
NVD Last Modified:
01/20/2023
Source:
MITRE