CVE-2009-2853 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 2.8.3. Attackers can gain full administrative privileges by directly requesting specific PHP files within the wp-admin directory, such as admin-footer.php or edit-page-form.php. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe impact with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the high severity and ease of exploitation warrant immediate patching for affected systems.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:beta_3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.72CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.72CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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