CVE-2009-2851

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.

How to fix CVE-2009-2851

To remediate CVE-2009-2851, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 2.8.3-1 or later

Is CVE-2009-2851 being exploited?

Moderate — EPSS is 7.9%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.8.3-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2851