What is CVE-2010-5106?

CVE-2010-5106 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-09-14.

Is CVE-2010-5106 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Wordpress

CVE-2010-5106

The XML-RPC remote publishing interface in xmlrpc.php in WordPress before 3.0.3 does not properly check capabilities, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and publish, edit, or delete posts, by leveraging the Author or Contributor role.

EPSS: 0.022 (80.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Wordpress — versions 0.71, 1.0, 1.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-5106?: CVE-2010-5106 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-09-14.
Is CVE-2010-5106 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.