CVE-2010-5296

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

wp-includes/capabilities.php in WordPress before 3.0.2, when a Multisite configuration is used, does not require the Super Admin role for the delete_users capability, which allows remote authenticated administrators to bypass intended access restrictions via a delete action.

Affected products

WordPress: through 3.0.1; 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6 (+41)

References

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/15562
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/15562

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