| CVE-2019-20043 | Date: (C)2019-12-27 (M)2023-12-22 |
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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 4.3 | CVSS Score : 5.0 |
| Exploit Score: 2.8 | Exploit Score: 10.0 |
| Impact Score: 1.4 | Impact Score: 2.9 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: NETWORK | Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: LOW |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: NONE |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: PARTIAL |
| Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: NONE |
| Integrity: LOW | |
| Availability: NONE | |
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