WordPress Core <= 2.8 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2009-2334
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published July 9, 2009
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Core Security Technologies
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.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wpmu (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8
Patched Version
  • 2.8.1
Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8
Patched Version
  • 2.8.1
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