CVE-2010-5293

MediumCVSS 5.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16637Exploit, Patch
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13887Exploit, Patch
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16637Exploit, Patch
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13887Exploit, Patch

Timeline

Published: Jan 21, 2014
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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