{"cve":"CVE-2009-2854","nvd":{"published":"2009-08-18T21:00:00.610","modified":"2026-06-16T23:10:21.887","status":"Modified","description":"Wordpress before 2.8.3 does not check capabilities for certain actions, which allows remote attackers to make unauthorized edits or additions via a direct request to (1) edit-comments.php, (2) edit-pages.php, (3) edit.php, (4) edit-category-form.php, (5) edit-link-category-form.php, (6) edit-tag-form.php, (7) export.php, (8) import.php, or (9) link-add.php in wp-admin/.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765","http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766","http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/","http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5"],"products":["wordpress:wordpress"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-2854","score":0.02295,"percentile":0.83262,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}