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CVE-2009-3891

medium

Description

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2

http://secunia.com/advisories/37332

http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-17

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01014