PT-2009-5211 · WordPress · Wordpress

Azaozz · Published 2009-08-18 · Updated 2017-11-16 · CVE-2009-2853

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wordpress versions prior to 2.8.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a direct request to certain files in the wp-admin/ directory, including admin-footer.php, edit-category-form.php, edit-form-advanced.php, edit-form-comment.php, edit-link-category-form.php, edit-link-form.php, edit-page-form.php, and edit-tag-form.php.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.8.3, update to version 2.8.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wp-admin/ directory to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2853

DSA-1871-1

DSA-1871-2

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 10

• 🔥 http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11768 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11769 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2853 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2853 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2853 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2853 · Note