CVE-2009-2851 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.9% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 7.91% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-08-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Core 2.8.1 - 'url' Cross-Site Scripting | 2009-07-24 |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html
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