CVE-2010-5293
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2010-5293 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-01-21 01:55:03 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 0.003870000 probability, percentile 0.598060000 (date 2026-05-03)
Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.8.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.8.4 | a | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.8.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.8.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.8.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.8.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.9.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 2.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changeset 16637 – WordPress Trac | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | core.trac.wordpress.org | Exploit, Patch |
| #13887 (comment_whitelist checking in check_comment) – WordPress Trac | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | core.trac.wordpress.org | Exploit, Patch |
| Version 3.0.2 « WordPress Codex | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | codex.wordpress.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.