CVE-2009-2854

Medium

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/.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.4
Exploit probability—
ProductWordpress
PublishedAug 18, 2009
First seenAug 18, 2009

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
wordpress wordpressv ≤ 2.8.2—

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