CVE-2007-1622

Public Exploit

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.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.96% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory buayacorp.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1005	vdb entry
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-advisory.txt	exploit patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23027	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25108	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24567	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285	vendor advisory
http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C7935#msg-8006

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1622?: CVE-2007-1622 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1622?: To fix CVE-2007-1622, 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-2007-1622 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-1622 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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