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CVE-2009-2334

wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access t

wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access the configuration of a plugin, which allows remote attackers to specify a configuration file in the page parameter to obtain sensitive information or modify this file, as demonstrated by the (1) collapsing-archives/options.txt, (2) akismet/readme.txt, (3) related-ways-to-take-action/options.php, (4) wp-security-scan/securityscan.php, and (5) wp-ids/ids-admin.php files. NOTE: this can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and denial of service.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.12303
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-287Improper Authentication
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Affected Products & Versions

2
wordpress<= 2.7.1
wordpressall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

5
webappsWordPress Core / MU / Plugins - '/admin.php' Privileges Unchecked / Multiple Information Disclosuresverified
poccorelabs.coresecurity.com · index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privil...corelabs.coresecurity.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 9110www.exploit-db.com
pocwww.osvdb.org · 55712www.osvdb.org
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 35584www.securityfocus.com
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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et-openET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS WordPress wp-admin/admin.php Module Configuration Security Bypass Attemptweb-application-attack
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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Scoring & Timeline

4.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD10 Jul 2009 · 09:00 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
http://www.osvdb.org/55715Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833PatchVendor Advisory
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