wordpress: multiple vulnerabilities
Published Jul 10, 2009
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.26%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.7.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.2.1
- 0.6.2.1
- 0.7
- 0.71
- 0.71-gold
- 0.72
- 0.72
- 0.72
- 0.72
- 0.711
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0-platinum
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.1-miles
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.2-blakey
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 1.2-delta
- 1.2-mingus
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.3.1
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.5-strayhorn
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.1.1
- 1.5.1.2
- 1.5.1.3
- 1.5.2
- 1.6
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.10_rc1
- 2.0.10_rc2
- 2.0.11
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3_rc1
- 2.1.3_rc2
- 2.2
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2_revision5002
- 2.2_revision5003
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.5
- ≤ 2.7
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5a
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.26% (0.06259) | 93.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.26% (0.06259) | 92.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 12.30% (0.12303) | 93.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 13.97% (0.13967) | 94.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 15.83% (0.15829) | 94.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 13.97% (0.13967) | 94.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 15.83% (0.15829) | 94.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 13.97% (0.13967) | 94.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 16.39% (0.16387) | 94.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.79% (0.03788) | 79.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 16.39% (0.16387) | 94.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 9.50% (0.09497) | 94.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 19.40% (0.19402) | 96.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2023 | 18.27% (0.18270) | 95.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 21.04% (0.21041) | 95.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 80.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 79.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 57.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.osvdb.org/55712 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploitPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/55715 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2334 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510745 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2334
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2334
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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