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
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