CVE-2007-1049

Summary

CVECVE-2007-1049
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-02-21 17:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_explain_nonce function in the nonce AYS functionality (wp-includes/functions.php) for WordPress 2.0 before 2.0.9 and 2.1 before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php, and possibly other vectors involving the action variable.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2 beta_2 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2.1 beta_2 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.71 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo wordpress Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#3781 (Vulnerability in nonce AYS) - WordPress Trac - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.wordpress.org Vendor Advisory
downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22534.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 downloads.securityfocus.com Exploit
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Changeset 4877 - WordPress Trac - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.wordpress.org
osvdb.org/33766 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Changeset 4876 - WordPress Trac - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.wordpress.org Patch
WordPress templates.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Wordpress Templates.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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