WordPress Core <= 2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2007-2627
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 21, 2007
Last Updated January 22, 2024

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in sidebar.php in WordPress, when custom 404 pages that call get_sidebar are used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string (PHP_SELF), a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1622.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.2.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2
Patched Version
  • 2.2.1

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