Description

WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. WordPress version 2.3 is vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to WordPress version 2.3.1 or latest

References

http://www.waraxe.us/advisory-59.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482905

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/60477/waraxe-2007-SA059.txt

http://secunia.com/advisories/27407/

https://wordpress.org/news/2007/10/wordpress-231/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2007-5710 CWE-79 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update XSS