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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-2851 · published 18 August 2009

CVE-2009-2851: Wordpress cross-site scripting vulnerability

Wordpress · Wordpress

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 7.9% · top 5.5% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
7.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/ PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278492 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022589 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/ PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/21/1 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512900 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01241.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01253.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-2851), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.