Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CSRF protection scheme in WordPress before 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a CSRF attack with an invalid token and quote characters or HTML tags in URL variable names, which are not properly handled when WordPress generates a new link to verify the request
Published Jan 9, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.99%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CSRF protection scheme in WordPress before 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a CSRF attack with an invalid token and quote characters or HTML tags in URL variable names, which are not properly handled when WordPress generates a new link to verify the request.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.99% (0.02989) | 86.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.90% (0.02896) | 85.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.44% (0.01444) | 78.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.34% (0.05337) | 83.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 1.35% (0.01353) | 78.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 5.02% (0.05017) | 87.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.35% (0.01353) | 78.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.90% (0.01896) | 88.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01542) | 85.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 12, 2023 | 1.24% (0.01245) | 83.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 5, 2023 | 0.91% (0.00907) | 80.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 28, 2023 | 0.86% (0.00864) | 80.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 21, 2023 | 0.93% (0.00927) | 80.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00790) | 79.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.92% (0.00924) | 80.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://osvdb.org/33397 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23595 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2114 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_012007.140.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456048/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21893 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0061 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/33397 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23595 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2114 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_012007.140.html | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456048/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21893 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0061 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
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