Vulnerabilities
Misconfiguration
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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-5297

Published: Jan 21, 2014 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5297
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WordpressWordpress*3.0 (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)
WordpressUbuntulucid*
WordpressUbuntuupstream*

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