CVE-2010-5106
N/A
Published: September 14, 2012 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The XML-RPC remote publishing interface in xmlrpc.php in WordPress before 3.0.3 does not properly check capabilities, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and publish, edit, or delete posts, by leveraging the Author or Contributor role.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%v ≤ 3.0.20.711.01.0.11.0.21.1.11.21.2.11.2.21.2.31.2.41.2.51.2.5 a1.31.3.21.3.31.51.5.11.5.1.11.5.1.21.5.1.31.5.22.02.0.12.0.102.0.112.0.22.0.42.0.52.0.62.0.72.0.82.0.92.12.1.12.1.22.1.32.22.2.12.2.22.2.32.32.3.12.3.22.3.32.52.5.12.62.6.12.6.22.6.32.6.52.72.7.12.82.8.12.8.22.8.32.8.42.8.4 a2.8.52.8.5.12.8.5.22.8.62.92.9.12.9.1.12.9.23.03.0.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16803Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/10Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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