When was CVE-2009-3891 disclosed?

CVE-2009-3891 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 17, 2009, with the most recent update on April 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2009-3891 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3891 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 77.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2009-3891?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2009-3891, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2009-3891

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 2.8.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s parameter (aka the selection variable).

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 77.8%
KEV: Not listed

References (18)

secalert@redhathttp://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch
secalert@redhathttp://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff
secalert@redhathttp://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37332
secalert@redhathttp://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1
secalert@redhathttp://www.osvdb.org/59959
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this-xss-bug-11-10-2009.patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11119/press-this.002.diff
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11119
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37332
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2

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