CVE-2010-5293
N/A
Published: January 21, 2014 at 01:00 AM 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 3%
Description
wp-includes/comment.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 does not properly whitelist trackbacks and pingbacks in the blogroll, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended spam restrictions via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a URL that triggers a substring match.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16637x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13887Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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