CVE-2009-2334
wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access the configuration of a plugin, which allows remote attackers to specify a configuration file in the page parameter to obtain sensitive…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access the configuration of a plugin, which allows remote attackers to specify a configuration file in the page parameter to obtain sensitive information or modify this file, as demonstrated by the (1) collapsing-archives/options.txt, (2) akismet/readme.txt, (3) related-ways-to-take-action/options.php, (4) wp-security-scan/securityscan.php, and (5) wp-ids/ids-admin.php files. NOTE: this can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and denial of service.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.26% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · wordpress/wordpress mu
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_UncheckedExploit
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110
- http://www.osvdb.org/55712Exploit, Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/55715Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584Exploit, Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_UncheckedExploit
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110
- http://www.osvdb.org/55712Exploit, Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/55715Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584Exploit, Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.