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/.

CVSS v2.0

6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS

2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 82th percentile

Nuclei

high

Published

2009-08-18

Updated

2024-08-07

Nuclei templates (1)

• topscoder/nuclei-wordfence-cve/blob/main/nuclei-templates/2009/CVE-2009-2854-wordpress-12…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2009-2853
• CVE-2009-2881
• CVE-2009-2852
• CVE-2009-2882
• CVE-2009-2851
• CVE-2009-2883