WordPress Core < 1.2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2004-1559
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 6, 2004
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Thomas Waldegger

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Wordpress 1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) redirect_to, text, popupurl, or popuptitle parameters to wp-login.php, (2) redirect_url parameter to admin-header.php, (3) popuptitle, popupurl, content, or post_title parameters to bookmarklet.php, (4) cat_ID parameter to categories.php, (5) s parameter to edit.php, or (6) s or mode parameter to edit-comments.php.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.2
Patched Version
  • 1.2

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