CVE-2009-2334
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.063 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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exploits (1)
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affected products (87)
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references (28)
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- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Uncheckedenisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528enisa_euvd
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871enisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/55712enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/55715enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
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