CVE-2009-2854

WordPress Core < 2.8.3 - Missing Authorization

Severity Score

7.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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/.

Wordpress antes de v2.8.3 no comprueba los privilegios de ciertas acciones, lo cual facilita a atacantes remotos a la hora de hacer modificaciones no autorizadas a través de una solicitud directa a (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, o (9) link-add.php en wp-admin/.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-08-03 CVE Published
2009-08-18 CVE Reserved
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release	2017-11-22

URL	Date	SRC
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765	2017-11-22
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766	2017-11-22
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871	2017-11-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 2.8.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 2.8.2"		-		Affected