CVE-2009-3891

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 2.8.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s parameter (aka the selection variable).

CVSS v2.0 3.5 LOW

3.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37332	Third Party Advisory
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/59959	Broken Link
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37332	Third Party Advisory
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/59959	Broken Link

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-11-17 18:30

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2009-3891

Mitre link : CVE-2009-3891

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-3891

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

CWE-79

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

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