CVE-2009-2851

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.22% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory wordpress.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/ patch vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589 third party advisory vdb entry
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492 third party advisory issue tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900 third party advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2851?
CVE-2009-2851 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2851?
To fix CVE-2009-2851, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2851 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-2851 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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