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CVE-2007-3238

MEDIUMEPSS 78th pctl
6.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
wordpressDebian
Fixed in:2.2.2-1CVE-2007-3238
Fixed in:2.2.2-1CVE-2007-3238
Fixed in:2.2.2-1CVE-2007-3238
Fixed in:2.2.2-1CVE-2007-3238

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days
78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

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