CVE-2007-3238

Description

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 PATH_INFO (REQUEST_URI) 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.

How to fix CVE-2007-3238

To remediate CVE-2007-3238, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 2.2.2-1 or later

Is CVE-2007-3238 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.2.2-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3238