Is CVE-2009-2853 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2853 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2853?

CVE-2009-2853 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-2853

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 4.7%EU EUVD

Wordpress before 2.8.3 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a direct request to (1) admin-footer.php, (2) edit-category-form.php, (3) edit-form-advanced.php, (4) edit-form-comment.php, (5) edit-link-category-form.php, (6) edit-link-form.php, (7) edit-page-form.php, and (8) edit-tag-form.php in wp-admin/.

Key facts

CVSS score: 10.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 4.7% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2843)
Published: August 18, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2843 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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References

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11768(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11769(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-release/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/5(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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