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CVE-2009-2853

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/.

Severity
High 10.0
Published
18 Aug 2009
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
17 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
WordPressWordPress core · cpe:a:wordpress:wordpress
  • Version 2.8.2
  • Version 2.8.1
  • Version 2.8
  • Version 2.7.1
All 57 release lines
  • Version 0.71-beta
  • Version 0.71-beta_3
  • Version 0.71
  • Version 0.72-beta_1
  • Version 0.72-beta_2
  • Version 0.72-rc1
  • Version 0.72
  • Version 0.711
  • Version 1.0
  • Version 1.0.1-rc1
  • Version 1.0.1-miles
  • Version 1.2-beta
  • Version 1.2-rc1
  • Version 1.2
  • Version 1.2.1
  • Version 1.2.2
  • Version 1.5
  • Version 1.5.1
  • Version 1.5.1.3
  • Version 1.5.2
  • Version 2.0
  • Version 2.0.1
  • Version 2.0.2
  • Version 2.0.3
  • Version 2.0.4
  • Version 2.0.5-ronan
  • Version 2.0.6
  • Version 2.0.7
  • Version 2.0.9
  • Version 2.0.10
  • Version 2.0.11
  • Version 2.1-ella
  • Version 2.1.1
  • Version 2.1.1-dangerous
  • Version 2.1.2
  • Version 2.1.3
  • Version 2.2
  • Version 2.2.1
  • Version 2.2.2
  • Version 2.2.3
  • Version 2.3-beta3
  • Version 2.3-rc1
  • Version 2.3
  • Version 2.3.1-rc1
  • Version 2.3.1
  • Version 2.3.2
  • Version 2.5
  • Version 2.5.1
  • Version 2.6
  • Version 2.6.1
  • Version 2.6.2
  • Version 2.6.3
  • Version 2.7-coltrane
  • Version 2.7.1
  • Version 2.8
  • Version 2.8.1
  • Version 2.8.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2853
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2853