PT-2009-6115 · WordPress · Wordpress

Dawid Golunski · Published 2009-11-17 · Updated 2017-11-22 · CVE-2009-3891

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.5

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 2.8.6

Description A cross-site scripting issue allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s parameter, also known as the selection variable, in the wp-admin/press-this.php file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.8.6, update to version 2.8.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3891

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 14

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3891 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3891 · Vendor Advisory
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3891 · Security Note
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch · Vendor Advisory
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3891 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/59959 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37332 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3891 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2 · Note