Vulnerabilities
Misconfiguration
Compliance
CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-5106

Published: Sep 14, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5106
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The XML-RPC remote publishing interface in xmlrpc.php in WordPress before 3.0.3 does not properly check capabilities, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and publish, edit, or delete posts, by leveraging the Author or Contributor role.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WordpressWordpress*3.0.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress0.71 (including)0.71 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2 (including)1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.1 (including)1.2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.2 (including)1.2.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.3 (including)1.2.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.4 (including)1.2.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.5 (including)1.2.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.5-a (including)1.2.5-a (including)
WordpressWordpress1.3 (including)1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.3.2 (including)1.3.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.3.3 (including)1.3.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1 (including)1.5.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1.1 (including)1.5.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1.2 (including)1.5.1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1.3 (including)1.5.1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.2 (including)1.5.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.7 (including)2.0.7 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.8 (including)2.0.8 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.9 (including)2.0.9 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.10 (including)2.0.10 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.11 (including)2.0.11 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1.3 (including)2.1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2.3 (including)2.2.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3.2 (including)2.3.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3.3 (including)2.3.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6 (including)2.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.2 (including)2.6.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.3 (including)2.6.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.5 (including)2.6.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.7 (including)2.7 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.7.1 (including)2.7.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8 (including)2.8 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.1 (including)2.8.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.2 (including)2.8.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.3 (including)2.8.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.4 (including)2.8.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.4-a (including)2.8.4-a (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.5 (including)2.8.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.5.1 (including)2.8.5.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.5.2 (including)2.8.5.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.6 (including)2.8.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9 (including)2.9 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9.1 (including)2.9.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9.1.1 (including)2.9.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9.2 (including)2.9.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
WordpressUbuntuhardy*
WordpressUbuntulucid*
WordpressUbuntuupstream*

References

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