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/.

Remediation

References

CVE-2009-2853

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Apache Tomcat Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability (CVE-2005-3164)

Contao Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2021-35210)

WordPress Plugin CYSTEME Finder, the admin files explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (1.3)

Drupal Core 8.x.x Cross-Site Scripting (8.0.0 - 8.8.12)

Severity

Critical

Classification

CVE-2009-2853 CWE-264

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities