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CVE-2009-3891

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 2.8.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s parameter (aka the selection variable).

Published

2009-11-17T18:30:00.377

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.5 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 2.8.5	Yes

References

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/37332 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/59959 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37332 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/59959 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)