Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/vars.php in WordPress before 2.0.10 RC2, and before 2.1.3 RC2 in the 2.1 series, allows remote authenticated users with theme privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO in the administration interface, related to loose regular expression processing of PHP_SELF
Published Mar 23, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.78%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/vars.php in WordPress before 2.0.10 RC2, and before 2.1.3 RC2 in the 2.1 series, allows remote authenticated users with theme privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO in the administration interface, related to loose regular expression processing of PHP_SELF.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.10_rc1
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3_rc1
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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.78% (0.05778) | 92.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.78% (0.05778) | 92.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 4.15% (0.04147) | 88.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.96% (0.02963) | 85.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 0.67% (0.00672) | 55.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.96% (0.02963) | 85.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.02% (0.01023) | 84.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 1.02% (0.01023) | 83.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 18, 2024 | 1.15% (0.01150) | 84.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 3, 2024 | 1.23% (0.01234) | 85.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 24, 2024 | 1.38% (0.01378) | 84.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01178) | 83.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 9, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00708) | 78.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00725) | 78.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2023 | 0.69% (0.00688) | 77.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.60% (0.00603) | 75.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.94% (0.02945) | 83.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.94% (0.02945) | 81.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.94% (0.02945) | 64.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24567 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25108 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C7935#msg-8006 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-advisory.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23027 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1005 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24567 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25108 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C7935#msg-8006 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-advisory.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23027 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1005 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
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