Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.8.3-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-1563247
  • published18 Aug 2009
  • disclosed18 Aug 2009

Introduced: 18 Aug 2009

CVE-2009-2851  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 2.8.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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