CVE-2009-2851

Wordpress < 2.8.1 - XSS

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by superfreakaz0rz · bashwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9250

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (8)

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0299

EPSS Percentile 86.4%

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (2)

wordpress/wordpress < 2.8.1

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Aug 18, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026