Unscored severity · published Aug 18, 2009
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…
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CVSS
7.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.9% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 2.8.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2851
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2851
Issue Tracking
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589
Patch
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900
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