CVE-2007-3238
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme in WordPress 2.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO (REQUEST_URI) to wp-admin/themes.php, a different…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.00%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme in WordPress 2.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO (REQUEST_URI) to wp-admin/themes.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1622. NOTE: this might not cross privilege boundaries in some configurations, since the Administrator role has the unfiltered_html capability.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.00% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
- http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
- http://osvdb.org/37293
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25541/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29014
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2807
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470837/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25161
- http://www.xssnews.com/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34785
- http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
- http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
- http://osvdb.org/37293
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25541/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29014
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2807
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470837/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25161
- http://www.xssnews.com/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34785
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.