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CVE-2009-2853

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Date: August 18, 2009

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/.

Language: C

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Related Resources (7)

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11768
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11769
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2853
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-2853

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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