| Name | CVE-2009-2854 |
| Description | Wordpress before 2.8.3 does not check capabilities for certain actions, which allows remote attackers to make unauthorized edits or additions via a direct request to (1) edit-comments.php, (2) edit-pages.php, (3) edit.php, (4) edit-category-form.php, (5) edit-link-category-form.php, (6) edit-tag-form.php, (7) export.php, (8) import.php, or (9) link-add.php in wp-admin/. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1871-1, DSA-1871-2 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.6.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | source | etch | 2.0.10-1etch5 | DSA-1871-2 | ||
| wordpress | source | lenny | 2.5.1-11+lenny1 | DSA-1871-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 2.8.3-1 |