CVE-2007-1893

xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users with the contributor role to bypass intended access restrictions and invoke the publish_posts functionality, which can be used to "publish a previously saved post."

• CWE-264

• http://secunia.com/advisories/24751Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25108Vendor Advisory
• http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285
• http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33470
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24751Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25108Vendor Advisory
• http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285
• http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33470

Published

Apr 9, 2007

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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