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CVE Reference: CVE-2009-2854

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
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/.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

MLIST
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871

CONFIRM
  http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/
  http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766
  http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765


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