CVE-2009-2854

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/.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.3

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.415

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Update wordpress 2.8.2 to latest version	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234