Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_explain_nonce function in the nonce AYS functionality (wp-includes/functions.php) for WordPress 2.0 before 2.0.9 and 2.1 before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php, and possibly other vectors involving the action variable
Published Feb 21, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.47%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_explain_nonce function in the nonce AYS functionality (wp-includes/functions.php) for WordPress 2.0 before 2.0.9 and 2.1 before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php, and possibly other vectors involving the action variable.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.2.1
- 0.7
- 0.71
- 1.2.2
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.1.2
- 1.5.1.3
- 1.5.2
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
Configuration 2
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:N/I:P/A:N
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.47% (0.06469) | 93.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.29% (0.06294) | 92.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.65% (0.05647) | 89.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.15% (0.01152) | 65.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.65% (0.05647) | 89.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.23% (0.01231) | 86.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 27, 2024 | 1.23% (0.01231) | 85.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 1.38% (0.01384) | 84.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 18, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01545) | 85.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 11, 2023 | 0.93% (0.00931) | 81.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00953) | 81.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00835) | 79.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.89% (0.04894) | 89.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.89% (0.04894) | 88.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.89% (0.04894) | 74.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22534.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://osvdb.org/33766 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24306 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24566 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4876 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4877 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3781 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22534 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0741 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22534.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://osvdb.org/33766 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24306 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24566 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4876 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4877 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3781 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22534 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0741 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
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