{
    "id": "CVE-2009-2334",
    "published": "2009-07-10 21:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:09:13",
    "cvss_score": "4.9",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-287",
    "description": "wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access the configuration of a plugin, which allows remote attackers to specify a configuration file in the page parameter to obtain sensitive information or modify this file, as demonstrated by the (1) collapsing-archives/options.txt, (2) akismet/readme.txt, (3) related-ways-to-take-action/options.php, (4) wp-security-scan/securityscan.php, and (5) wp-ids/ids-admin.php files. NOTE: this can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and denial of service.",
    "epss_score": "0.06259",
    "epss_percentile": "0.93345",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "wordpress",
            "product": "wordpress"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "wordpress",
            "product": "wordpress_mu"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "9110",
            "title": "WordPress Core / MU / Plugins - '/admin.php' Privileges Unchecked / Multiple Information Disclosures",
            "date": "2009-07-10",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528",
        "http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871",
        "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/55712",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/55715",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833",
        "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html",
        "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html",
        "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html",
        "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html",
        "http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528",
        "http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871",
        "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/55712",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/55715",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833",
        "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html"
    ]
}