CVE-2010-5293

high

Description

wp-includes/comment.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 does not properly whitelist trackbacks and pingbacks in the blogroll, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended spam restrictions via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a URL that triggers a substring match.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-5252

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13887

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16637

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-01-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00387