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    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 author URL.

    Published:Feb 20, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Aug 18, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.02987
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Wordpress
    Product
    Wordpress

    Exploits

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

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    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589
    http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589
    http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High