[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10735: CVE-2008-6767 patch: Only admin can upgrade wordpress

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#10735: CVE-2008-6767 patch: Only admin can upgrade wordpress
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 Reporter:  Derevko          |       Owner:           
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  2.9      
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:           
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:  has-patch
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Comment(by Derevko):

 Replying to [comment:1 scribu]:
 > You should use 'administrator' instead of 'level_10'.

 The original patch did have 'administrator', but a user point me the fact
 that sometimes the administrator default account could not exist or
 renamed for security hardening

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10735#comment:2>
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