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CVE-2009-2851

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.

Severity
Medium 4.3
Published
18 Aug 2009
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
17 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
WordPressWordPress core · cpe:a:wordpress:wordpress
  • Every version up to 2.8.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2851
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2851