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 Bycve@mitre.org

Published DateAug 18, 2009, 21:00

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-79

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

4.3

Vector String

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

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

PARTIAL

Availability (A)

NONE

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

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-79

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

4.3

Vector String

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

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

PARTIAL

Availability (A)

NONE