CVE-2009-2852

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2009-2852 · Published 18/08/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-2852 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting wp-syntax (ryan.mcgeary).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.8%, higher than 92.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wp-syntax ryan.mcgeary	`≤ 0.9.1`	No fix yet

Description

WP-Syntax plugin 0.9.1 and earlier for Wordpress, with register_globals enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the test_filter[wp_head] array parameter to test/index.php, which is used in a call to the call_user_func_array function.

References

exploit-db.com/exploits/9431
securityfocus.com/bid/36040 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2456
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52457

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