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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-2334 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  4.9 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 CVE, MITRE
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/ CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 CVE, MITRE
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 CVE, MITRE
http://www.osvdb.org/55712 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch 
http://www.osvdb.org/55715 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-287 Improper Authentication cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71-gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0-platinum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1-miles:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2-blakey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-mingus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5-strayhorn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:alpha_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2_revision5002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2_revision5003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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2.7.1
 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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2.7

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2334
NVD Published Date:
07/10/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE