CVE-2009-2854 Information

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/.

Reference

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