WordPress Core <= 2.1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2007-1622
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 3, 2007
Last Updated August 7, 2023

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/vars.php in WordPress before 2.0.10 RC2, and before 2.1.3 RC2 in the 2.1 series, allows remote authenticated users with theme privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO in the administration interface, related to loose regular expression processing of PHP_SELF.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 2.0.10, 2.1.2
Affected Versions
  • <= 2.0.9
  • 2.1 - 2.1.1
Patched Versions
  • 2.0.10
  • 2.1.2

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