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CVE-2009-3891

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3891 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 2.8.6, specifically within the wp-admin/press-this.php component. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML through the 's' parameter (also known as the selection variable). With a CVSS score of 3.5, this vulnerability is of low severity, requiring user authentication and moderate attack complexity, with potential impact limited to integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0210 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 1,638 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

core.trac.wordpress.org / attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff
PatchVendor Advisory
core.trac.wordpress.org / attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch
PatchVendor Advisory
core.trac.wordpress.org / ticket/11119
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37332
Third Party Advisory
wordpress.org / development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 59959
Broken Link