CVE-2004-1559

Public Exploit

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.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.64% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17532	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/12683	vendor advisory third party advisory exploit
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109641484723194&w=2	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11268	patch vdb entry exploit
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011440	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1559?: CVE-2004-1559 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1559?: To fix CVE-2004-1559, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-1559 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-1559 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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