FKIE_CVE-2009-3891

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-11-17 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:12
Severity
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).
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diffPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/37332Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.osvdb.org/59959Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diffPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37332Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/59959Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wordpress wordpress *
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  ],
  "id": "CVE-2009-3891",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:12:35.123",
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        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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