CVE-2013-5739 — Cross-site Scripting in Wordpress

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting5 documents5 sources
Severity
3.5LOWNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 51.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressDebian Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedSep 12
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The default configuration of WordPress before 3.6.1 does not prevent uploads of .swf and .exe files, which might make it easier for remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted file, related to the get_allowed_mime_types function in wp-includes/functions.php.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 6.8 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 3.6.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 3.6.1+dfsg-1+3

Patches

Patch: core.trac.wordpress.org ↗Patch: wordpress.org ↗Patch: core.trac.wordpress.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-v4p8-jvp4-22m6: The default configuration of WordPress before 3↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2013-5739: The default configuration of WordPress before 3↗2013-09-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2013-5739: wordpress - The default configuration of WordPress before 3.6.1 does not prevent uploads of ...↗2013
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4338 CVE-2013-4339 CVE-2013-4340 CVE-2013-5738 CVE-2013-5739 wordpress: new security issues fixed in 3.6.1↗2013-09-12
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