CVE-2010-5297
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.0.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.0.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.0.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.0.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.0.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | {"endIncluding":"3.0"} | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.4 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.5 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.6 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.7 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.8 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.9 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.10 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.11 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.1.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.1.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.1.3 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.2.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.2.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.2.3 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.3 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.3.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.3.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.3.3 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.5 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.5.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.6 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.6.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.6.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.6.3 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.6.5 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.7 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.7.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.8 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.8.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.8.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.8.3 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.8.4 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.8.5 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.8.5.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.8.5.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.8.6 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.9 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.9.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.9.1.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.9.2 | |
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Changelog/3.0.1
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&order=priority&milestone=3.0.1&resolution=fixed
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/15342
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14119
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-5297
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.