CVE-2007-3238

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3238
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-06-15 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
XSS News af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.xssnews.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
rootzilla.de af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mybeni.rootzilla.de
WordPress Unmoderated Comments Disclosure and Default Theme Cross-Site Scripting - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogsecurity.net
Roles and Capabilities « WordPress Codex af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codex.wordpress.org
Wordpress default theme XSS (admin) and other problems - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
osvdb.org/37293 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Debian update for wordpress - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1502-1 wordpress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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