WordPress · Report #404323

Logic flaw in the Post creation process allows creating posts with arbitrary types without needing the corresponding nonce

Validstatus

highseverity

38upvotes

14 Feb 2019disclosed

Summary

Simon discovered that authors could create posts of unauthorized post types with specially crafted input fixed.

This was fixed in the 5.0.1 release, and Simon has published more details on his blog.

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