{"id":"CVE-2009-2854","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-2854","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:42:51.170Z","title":"Wordpress before 2.8.3 does not check capabilities for certain actions, which allows remote attackers to make unauthorized edits or additions via a direct request to (1) edit-comments.php, (2) edit-pages.php, (3) edit.php, (4) edit-category-form.php,…","description":"Wordpress before 2.8.3 does not check capabilities for certain actions, which allows remote attackers to make unauthorized edits or additions via a direct request to (1) edit-comments.php, (2) edit-pages.php, (3) edit.php, (4) edit-category-form.php, (5) edit-link-category-form.php, (6) edit-tag-form.php, (7) export.php, (8) import.php, or (9) link-add.php in wp-admin/.","published":"2009-08-18T21:00:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:10:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["wordpress/wordpress"],"epss":{"score":0.02295,"percentile":0.83141,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2854","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}