CVE-2009-2334

WordPress <2.8.1 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Core Security · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/55712
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/55715
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110

Scores

EPSS 0.1230
EPSS Percentile 93.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (40)
wordpress/wordpress 0.6.2 (2 CPE variants)
wordpress/wordpress 0.6.2.1 (2 CPE variants)
wordpress/wordpress 0.7
wordpress/wordpress 0.71
wordpress/wordpress 0.71-gold
wordpress/wordpress 0.72 (4 CPE variants)
wordpress/wordpress 0.711
wordpress/wordpress 1.0 (5 CPE variants)
wordpress/wordpress 1.0-platinum
wordpress/wordpress 1.0.1
... and 30 more
Published Jul 10, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026