Vulnerability in WordPress
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 vulnerability than CVE-2007-1622. NOTE: this might not cross privilege boundaries in some configurations, since the Administrator role has the unfiltered_html capability.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (79.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- WordPress — versions 2.2
References
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502 (vendor-advisory)
- codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
- blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25161 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34785 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2807 (third-party-advisory)
- www.xssnews.com/
- osvdb.org/37293 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/25541/ (third-party-advisory)
- mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick…