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CVE-2010-5297

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
21/01/2014
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

WordPress before 3.0.1, when a Multisite installation is used, permanently retains the "site administrators can add users" option once changed, which might allow remote authenticated administrators to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances via an add action after a temporary change.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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