CVE-2007-1049 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.5% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 6.47% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-02-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gentoo | linux |
| wordpress | wordpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Core 1.x/2.0.x - 'Templates.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2007-02-12 |
References
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22534.html
- http://osvdb.org/33766
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24566
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4876
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4877
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3781
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22534
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0741
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22534.html
- http://osvdb.org/33766
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24566
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4876
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4877
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3781
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22534
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0741
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