National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3891

Overview

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).

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20091116 Re: CVE request: Wordpress 2.8.6

Type: Patch Information

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

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20091115 Re: CVE request: Wordpress 2.8.6

Type: Patch Information

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

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20091115 CVE request: Wordpress 2.8.6

Type: Patch Information

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

Type: Patch Information

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

Type: Patch Information

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

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 59959

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/59959

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37332

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37332

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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