Vulnerability in WordPress
CVE-2009-2853
Wordpress before 2.8.3 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a direct request to (1) admin-footer.php, (2) edit-category-form.php, (3) edit-form-advanced.php, (4) edit-form-comment.php, (5) edit-link-category-form.php, (6) edit-link-form.php, (7) edit-page-form.php, and (8) edit-tag-form.php in wp-admin/.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.047 (91.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- WordPress — versions 0.71, 0.72, 0.711
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11768 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11769 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-2853?
- CVE-2009-2853 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2009-08-18.
- Is CVE-2009-2853 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.