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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

CVSS4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS7.91% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-79
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2009-08-18
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
wordpresswordpress

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbWordPress Core 2.8.1 - 'url' Cross-Site Scripting2009-07-24

References

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