CVE-2009-2851

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrator interface in WordPress before 2.8.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a comment author URL.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-08-18 21:00

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2009-2851

Mitre link : CVE-2009-2851

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-2851

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Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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