THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-2334
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2009-2334

Wordpress vulnerability

CVSS
4.9
EPSS
6.3%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Wordpress
Affected product
Wordpress
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2009-07-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 6.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-2334

  • Confirm whether Wordpress Wordpress is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-2334.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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