CVE-2010-5297
WordPress before 3.0.1, when a Multisite installation is used, permanently retains the "site administrators can add users" option once changed, which might allow remote authenticated administrators to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
WordPress before 3.0.1, when a Multisite installation is used, permanently retains the "site administrators can add users" option once changed, which might allow remote authenticated administrators to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances via an add action after a temporary change.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.21% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Changelog/3.0.1
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&order=priority&milestone=3.0.1&resolution=fixed
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/15342Exploit, Patch
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14119Exploit, Patch
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Changelog/3.0.1
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&order=priority&milestone=3.0.1&resolution=fixed
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/15342Exploit, Patch
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14119Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.