CVE-2007-3238
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3238
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2007-3238.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2007-3238
- Downstream
- Published
- 2007-06-15T01:30:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Cross-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 PATHINFO (REQUESTURI) 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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/25541/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29014
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502
- http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/
- http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
- http://osvdb.org/37293
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2807
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470837/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25161
- http://www.xssnews.com/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34785