CVE-2009-3891 (GCVE-0-2009-3891)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-11-17 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:41
VLAI
Summary
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).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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