VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-5293
wp-includes/comment.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 does not properly whitelist trackbacks and pingbacks in the blogroll, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended spam restrictions via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a URL that triggers a…
MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 2.53%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
wp-includes/comment.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 does not properly whitelist trackbacks and pingbacks in the blogroll, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended spam restrictions via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a URL that triggers a substring match.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.53% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16637Exploit, Patch
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13887Exploit, Patch
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16637Exploit, Patch
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13887Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.