Remote Yes

Type Privilege escalation

Description

wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges by using XML-RPC to comment on a post.

AVG-1257 wordpress 5.5.1-1 5.5.3-1 Critical Fixed

03 Nov 2020 ASA-202011-3 AVG-1257 wordpress Critical multiple issues

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/c9e6b98968025b1629015998d12c3102165a7d32