CVE-2009-2854

Published Aug 18, 2009

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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/.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.4
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "2DFBA1C6-B19C-47DA-A71E-9E945B41D803",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.8.2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References