XSS in WordPress
CVE-2007-5710
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php in WordPress 2.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the posts_columns array parameter.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.070 (93.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.070 · newest: 0.070 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- WordPress — versions 2.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26228 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/38279 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3640 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/27407 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38166 (vdb-entry)
- www.waraxe.us/advisory-59.html
- wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231/ (Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482905/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-5710?
- CVE-2007-5710 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2007-10-30.
- Is CVE-2007-5710 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.