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 have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. WordPress version 1.5 is vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to WordPress version 1.5.1 or latest

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-05/0251.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21318/exploit

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Severity

High

Classification

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