Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-2853 · published 18 August 2009

CVE-2009-2853: Wordpress permissions and access controls vulnerability

Wordpress · Wordpress

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/.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 4.7% · top 8.5% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls

10.0CVSS 2.0 base score

4.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

10References, 4 tagged exploit

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Wordpress Wordpress

References

Link	Tags
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11768	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11769	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11768	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11769	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-2853), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.