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CVE-2009-2854

N/A
Published: August 18, 2009 at 08:41 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Wordpress before 2.8.3 does not check capabilities for certain actions, which allows remote attackers to make unauthorized edits or additions via a direct request to (1) edit-comments.php, (2) edit-pages.php, (3) edit.php, (4) edit-category-form.php, (5) edit-link-category-form.php, (6) edit-tag-form.php, (7) export.php, (8) import.php, or (9) link-add.php in wp-admin/.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%
v ≤ 2.8.2

References (5)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5

CVSS

6.4MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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