CVE-2009-2334

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2334
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-10 21:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionwp-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2 beta_2 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2.1 beta_2 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.71 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.71-gold All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.711 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.72 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.72 beta1 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.72 beta2 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.72 rc1 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0 rc1 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0 rc2 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0 rc3 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0 rc4 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0-platinum All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.1-miles All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.2-blakey All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2 beta All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2-delta All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2-mingus All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.3.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5-strayhorn All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10_rc1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10_rc2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.11 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.8 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.9 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1 alpha_3 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3_rc1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3_rc2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2_revision5002 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2_revision5003 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3 beta3 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3 rc1 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.1 rc1 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.5.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.2.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.2.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.2.4 rc1 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.2.5a All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.3.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.3.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.3.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.5 rc1 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 1.5.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 2.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 2.6.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 2.6.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 2.6.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu 2.6.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: wordpress-2.8.1-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
News – WordPress 2.8.1 – WordPress.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Vendor Advisory
WordPress Privileges Unchecked in admin.php and Multiple Information af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/55712 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Exploit, Patch
WordPress Bugs Permit Cross-Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
www.osvdb.org/55715 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: wordpress-2.8.1-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
WordPress 'wp-admin/admin.php' Module Configuration Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1871-1 wordpress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Corelabs site af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 corelabs.coresecurity.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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