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CVE-2009-3891

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 2.8.6 allows remote authenticate

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).

LOW · CVSS 3.5 EPSS 0.01041
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
wordpress<= 2.8.5
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Scoring & Timeline

3.5
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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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:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD17 Nov 2009 · 06:30 PM
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patchPatchVendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diffPatchVendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37332Third Party Advisory
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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