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/.
Published: 2009-08-18
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1871-1 New wordpress packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1871-2 New wordpress packages fix regression
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2844 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/.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:37.217Z

Reserved: 2009-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2854

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-18T21:00:00.610

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2854

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