CVE-2009-2854

critical

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871

http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-08-18

Updated: 2017-11-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical