VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-5296
wp-includes/capabilities.php in WordPress before 3.0.2, when a Multisite configuration is used, does not require the Super Admin role for the delete_users capability, which allows remote authenticated administrators to bypass intended access…
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 1.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
wp-includes/capabilities.php in WordPress before 3.0.2, when a Multisite configuration is used, does not require the Super Admin role for the delete_users capability, which allows remote authenticated administrators to bypass intended access restrictions via a delete action.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.69% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/15562Exploit, Patch
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/15562Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.