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Gentoo: GLSA 200608-19 Normal: WordPress Access Control Escalation Issue

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2006
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The Gentoo GLSA 202309-14 addresses vulnerabilities in WordPress allowing unauthorized privilege escalation and advises immediate updates for maintaining security standards.
A flaw in WordPress allows registered WordPress users to elevate privileges.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200608-19 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: WordPress: Privilege escalation Date: August 10, 2006 Bugs: #142142 ID: 200608-19

Synopsis ======= A flaw in WordPress allows registered WordPress users to elevate privileges.
Background ========= WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based multiuser blogging system.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/wordpress < 2.0.4 >= 2.0.4
========== The WordPress developers have confirmed a vulnerability in capability checking for plugins.
Impact ===== By exploiting a flaw, a user can circumvent WordPress access restrictions when using plugins. The a...

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