MEDIUM
WordPress: XSS via unescaped HTML URLs as author comments in the admin page
Published Aug 18, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.90%
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.
Affected products
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
7.90% 0.07905
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.07905
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 7.90% (0.07905) | 94.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.90% (0.07905) | 93.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.22% (0.02221) | 83.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 0.78% (0.00784) | 58.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.22% (0.02221) | 83.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 75.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 74.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 21, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 72.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2023 | 0.47% (0.00467) | 72.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00709) | 77.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.13% (0.03129) | 83.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.13% (0.03129) | 82.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.13% (0.03129) | 65.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2851 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2851
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2851
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 18, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 18, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2851
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a