CVE-2007-1049

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    CVE-2007-1049

    Published: 21 Feb 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/24306, http://secunia.com/advisories/24566, http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3781, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0741, http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22534.html, http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4876, http://osvdb.org/33766, http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4877, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22534

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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