CVE-2010-5296 — Wordpress vulnerability

CWE-2644 documents4 sources

Severity

4.9MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

0.4%

top 39.03%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Wordpress Debian Wordpress

Timeline

PublishedJan 21

Latest updateMay 17

Description

wp-includes/capabilities.php in WordPress before 3.0.2, when a Multisite configuration is used, does not require the Super Admin role for the delete_users capability, which allows remote authenticated administrators to bypass intended access restrictions via a delete action.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:NExploitability: 6.8 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 3.0.2-1 (bookworm)

▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 3.0.2-1+3

▶NVDwordpress/wordpress3.0.1+46

Patches

Patch: core.trac.wordpress.org ↗Patch: core.trac.wordpress.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-w56v-4m7h-jhq8: wp-includes/capabilities↗2022-05-17

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OSV

CVE-2010-5296: wp-includes/capabilities↗2014-01-21

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📋Vendor Advisories

Debian

CVE-2010-5296: wordpress - wp-includes/capabilities.php in WordPress before 3.0.2, when a Multisite configu...↗2010

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