CVE-2007-1049
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_explain_nonce function in the nonce AYS functionality (wp-includes/functions.php) for WordPress 2.0 before 2.0.9 and 2.1 before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_explain_nonce function in the nonce AYS functionality (wp-includes/functions.php) for WordPress 2.0 before 2.0.9 and 2.1 before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php, and possibly other vectors involving the action variable.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.47% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 12 February 2007
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22534.htmlExploit
- http://osvdb.org/33766
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24566
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4876Patch
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4877
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3781Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22534
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0741
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22534.htmlExploit
- http://osvdb.org/33766
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24566
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4876Patch
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4877
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3781Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22534
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0741
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.