{"id":"CVE-2010-5106","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-5106","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:52:52.720Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2012-09-14T19:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:26:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["wordpress/wordpress"],"epss":{"score":0.02176,"percentile":0.82206,"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 (2.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.3","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16803","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/10","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16803","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5106","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."}