# CVE-2009-2851: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrator interface in WordPress before 2.8.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrar

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2009-08-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9250

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