CVE-2009-2334

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.

• CWE-287

• http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_UncheckedExploit
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
• http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110
• http://www.osvdb.org/55712Exploit, Patch
• http://www.osvdb.org/55715Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584Exploit, Patch
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html
• http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_UncheckedExploit
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
• http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110
• http://www.osvdb.org/55712Exploit, Patch
• http://www.osvdb.org/55715Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584Exploit, Patch
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html

Published

Jul 10, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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