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CVE-2009-3891

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2009-11-14 wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2009-3891
Phase Assigned(20091105)

Description

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).

References

Source Reference
MLIST [oss-security] 20091115 CVE request: Wordpress 2.8.6
MLIST [oss-security] 20091115 Re: CVE request: Wordpress 2.8.6
MLIST [oss-security] 20091116 Re: CVE request: Wordpress 2.8.6
CONFIRM http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch
CONFIRM http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff
CONFIRM http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119
CONFIRM http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/
OSVDB 59959
SECUNIA 37332