CVE-2010-5297

medium

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.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-5256

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14119

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/15342

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&order=priority&milestone=3.0.1&resolution=fixed

http://codex.wordpress.org/Changelog/3.0.1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-01-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02206