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CVE-2009-2854
Wordpress before 2.8.3 does not check capabilities for certain actions, which allows remote attackers to make unauthorized edits or…
Medium6.4EPSS 2.3%
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- mitre
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/.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (5)
- [oss-security] 20090804 CVE request: Wordpress (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1871 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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