CVE-2009-2853
EPSS 1.2%
Description
Wordpress before 2.8.3 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a direct request to (1) admin-footer.php, (2) edit-category-form.php, (3) edit-form-advanced.php, (4) edit-form-comment.php, (5) edit-link-category-form.php, (6) edit-link-form.php, (7) edit-page-form.php, and (8) edit-tag-form.php in wp-admin/.
How to fix CVE-2009-2853
To remediate CVE-2009-2853, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 2.8.3-1 or later
Is CVE-2009-2853 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.8.3-1