CVE-2009-3891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01041.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress Subscribe	Wordpress Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-3862	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).

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119
http://secunia.com/advisories/37332
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1
http://www.osvdb.org/59959

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-11-17T18:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:41:50.660Z

Reserved: 2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2009-3891

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-11-17T18:30:00.377

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-3891

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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