Vulnerability Details CVE-2009-2854
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/.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.014
EPSS Ranking 79.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.4
References
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5
Products affected by CVE-2009-2854
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.2