What is CVE-2007-4480?

CVE-2007-4480 is a vulnerability in WordPress Sirius. Published 2007-08-22.

Is CVE-2007-4480 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in WordPress Sirius

CVE-2007-4480

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in the Sirius 1.0 theme for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO (PHP_SELF).

Published 2007-08-22 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

WordPress Sirius — versions 1.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477253/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36154 (vdb-entry)
osvdb.org/38326 (vdb-entry)
websecurity.com.ua/1252/
securityvulns.ru/Rdocument839.html (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-4480?: CVE-2007-4480 is a vulnerability in WordPress Sirius. Published 2007-08-22.
Is CVE-2007-4480 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.