Name: CVE-2009-3891: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2009-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2009-3891, CWE-79, CVSS 4.1, EPSS 0.02101

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).

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.1

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade wordpress	Jul 30, 2024	Nov 17, 2009
Freebsd	—	Upgrade de-wordpressUpgrade wordpress	Dec 10, 2025	Nov 14, 2009
Wordpress	—	Upgrade Wordpress to version 2.8.6	May 16, 2017	Nov 17, 2009

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CVSS Details

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