CVE-2010-5296: WordPress

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 WordPress: up to and including 3.0.1; version 2.0 only; version 2.0.1 only; version 2.0.2 only; version 2.0.4 only; version 2.0.5 only; …

Published 2014-01-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.