XSS in WordPress
CVE-2009-3891
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).
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (81.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/37332 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/59959 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119 (Vendor Advisory)
- core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.p… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-3891?
- CVE-2009-3891 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2009-11-17.
- Is CVE-2009-3891 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.