CVE-2007-3238
MEDIUM
6.0
CVSS 2.0
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.
Affected WordPress components
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WordPress coreVersion 2.2
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- n/a n/a — Versions not specified
- wordpress wordpress — Version 2.2
References
- blogsecurity.net http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/
- codex.wordpress.org http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
- mybeni.rootzilla.de http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
- osvdb.org http://osvdb.org/37293
- secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/25541/
- secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/29014
- securityreason.com http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2807
- www.debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502
- www.securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470837/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25161
- www.xssnews.com http://www.xssnews.com/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34785
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record