PT-2007-5335 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2007-08-03 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-4139

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress version 2.2.1

Description A cross-site scripting issue exists in the Temporary Uploads editing functionality, specifically in the wp-admin/includes/upload.php file. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the style parameter to "wp-admin/upload.php".

Recommendations For WordPress version 2.2.1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "wp-admin/upload.php" endpoint until a patch is available. Avoid using the style parameter in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4139

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 10

• 🔥 http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4689 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4139 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2744 · Note
• http://trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/4689/4689.diff · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4139 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25158 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/36621 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35718 · Note