CVE-2007-4893

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    CVE-2007-4893

    Published: 14 Sept 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: wp-admin/admin-functions.php in Wordpress before 2.2.3 and Wordpress multi-user (MU) before 1.2.5a does not properly verify the unfiltered_html privilege, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via modified data to (1) post.php or (2) page.php with a no_filter field.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/26771, http://secunia.com/advisories/26796, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3132, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285831, http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-214.shtml, http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4720, http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-223/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25639, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36576

    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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