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Unscored severity · published Jun 15, 2007
CVE-2007-3238
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…
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CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
2.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
WO
WordPress
WordPress
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3238
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3238
blogsecurity.net
http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/
codex.wordpress.org
http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
mybeni.rootzilla.de
http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/37293
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/25541/
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29014
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