Is CVE-2009-2854 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2854 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2854?

CVE-2009-2854 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-2854

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD

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/.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.4 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 2.3% (83th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2844)
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-2009-2844 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

wordpress / wordpress

References

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11765(Vendor Advisory)
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11766(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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