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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2009-2334 EUVD-2009-2330GHSA-54c4-23hm-v988

wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access the configuration of…

Published Jul 10, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: wordpress Ecosystem: Debian

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 wordpress 2.8.3-1 —
Debian 13 wordpress 2.8.3-1 —
Debian 12 wordpress 2.8.3-1 —
Debian 5.0 wordpress 2.5.1-11+lenny1 DSA-1871-1
Debian 4.0 wordpress 2.0.10-1etch4 DSA-1871-2, DSA-1871-1

Public exploits

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