CVE-2009-2334
wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access the configuration…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- FEDORA-2009-8538 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-7729 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20090708 CORE-2009-01515 - WordPress Privileges Unchecked in admin.php and Multiple Information (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1022528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-7701 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1833 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1871 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 55712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 35584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 55715 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 9110 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-2334)Record last updated .