CVE-2009-2853

Summary

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/.

Impact & exploitability

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/ ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/Patch
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11768Advisory
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11769Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5Advisory