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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

WordPress 2.9.1 Trashed Posts Security Bypass Vulnerability (2.9 - 2.9.1)

Description

WordPress is prone to a security bypass vulnerability because it fails to properly restrict access to trashed posts. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently view other authors' trashed posts, which may aid in launching further attacks. WordPress versions 2.9 and 2.9.1 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to WordPress version 2.9.2 or latest

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38368/exploit

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11441/

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/86274/wpurl-bypass.txt

http://secunia.com/advisories/38592/

https://wordpress.org/news/2010/02/wordpress-2-9-2/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass CWE-264 CVE-2010-0682

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