CVE-2009-2854

WordPress < 2.8.3 - Unauthenticated Unauthorized Edits via Direct Requests

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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/.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766

Scores

EPSS 0.0191
EPSS Percentile 83.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress < 2.8.2
Published Aug 18, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026