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ghsa-vr94-84mg-gxfp

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-02 03:39

Modified

2025-04-09 04:13

Details

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
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  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2009-08-18T21:00:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-vr94-84mg-gxfp",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T04:13:05Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T03:39:21Z",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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CVE-2009-2854 (GCVE-0-2009-2854)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2009-08-18 20:41

Modified

2024-08-07 06:07

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

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/.

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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