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
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900
Scores
EPSS
0.0299
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress
< 2.8.1
Published
Aug 18, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026