VDB
CVE-2009-2854
CVE-2009-2854
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.400000095367432 MEDIUM
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/.
EPSS 2.29% · 83.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.400000095367432
EPSS Score
2.29%
83.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | 0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Aug 18, 2009 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 29, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 21, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 13, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765 url
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766 url
- [oss-security] 20090804 CVE request: Wordpress mailing-list
- DSA-1871 vendor-advisory
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/ url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2854 advisory
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release url