VulnerabilityModified

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,…

HIGH 10.0EPSS 4.71%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.71%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 4.71% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264
Affected: wordpress/wordpress
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11768Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11769Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11768Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11769Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.