CVE-2007-0106

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CSRF protection scheme in WordPress before 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a CSRF attack with an invalid token and quote characters or HTML tags in URL variable names, which are not properly handled when WordPress generates a new link to verify the request.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.44% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory wordpress.org Vendor Advisory hardened-php.net Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2114	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456048/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23595	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/33397	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0061	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21893	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_012007.140.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0106?: CVE-2007-0106 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0106?: To fix CVE-2007-0106, 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-2007-0106 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-0106 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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