CVE-2010-5297 describes a flaw in WordPress before version 3.0.1, specifically affecting Multisite installations. The vulnerability allows remote authenticated site administrators to bypass intended access restrictions by permanently retaining the "site administrators can add users" option, even after it has been temporarily changed. This issue has a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating network access, high attack complexity, and requiring authentication, with a potential impact of partial integrity loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.