CVE-2009-3891

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 2.8.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s parameter (aka the selection variable).

• CWE-79

• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diffPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37332Third Party Advisory
• http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.osvdb.org/59959Broken Link
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diffPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37332Third Party Advisory
• http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.osvdb.org/59959Broken Link

Published

Nov 17, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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