Logic flaw in the Post creation process allows creating posts with arbitrary types without needing the corresponding nonce
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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](https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/), and Simon has published [more details on his blog](https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/wordpress-post-type-privilege-escalation/).
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Weakness
Business Logic Errors