CVE-2007-3238
published 2007-06-15CVE-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…
PriorityP422medium6CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuSCPIPAP
EPSS
2.00%
78.5th percentile
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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wordpress | < wordpress 2.2.2-1 (bookworm) | wordpress 2.2.2-1 (bookworm) |
| wordpress | wordpress | — | — |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 2.2.2-1 | 2.2.2-1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 2.2.2-1 | 2.2.2-1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 2.2.2-1 | 2.2.2-1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 2.2.2-1 | 2.2.2-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.06.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv4.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3LOW
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GHSA
GHSA-2hmc-pm44-rgw4: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2007-3238 [MEDIUM] GHSA-2hmc-pm44-rgw4: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions
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.
OSV
CVE-2007-3238: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions
osv·2007-06-15·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2007-3238 [MEDIUM] CVE-2007-3238: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions
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.
Debian
CVE-2007-3238: wordpress - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme i...
vendor_debian·2007·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2007-3238 [MEDIUM] CVE-2007-3238: wordpress - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme i...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.2.2-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.2.2-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.2.2-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.2.2-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.2.2-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilitieshttp://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/http://osvdb.org/37293http://secunia.com/advisories/25541/http://secunia.com/advisories/29014http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2807http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470837/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25161http://www.xssnews.com/https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34785http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilitieshttp://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/http://osvdb.org/37293http://secunia.com/advisories/25541/http://secunia.com/advisories/29014http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2807http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470837/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25161http://www.xssnews.com/https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34785
2007-06-15
Published