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
Published Jun 15, 2007
6.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.00%
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.
Affected products
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:S/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 2, 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 2, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02000) | 80.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02000) | 78.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.00% (0.00996) | 75.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.63% (0.00626) | 79.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 26, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00449) | 75.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 0.53% (0.00525) | 76.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 11, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00541) | 76.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 21, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00380) | 72.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 1, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00380) | 70.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 25, 2023 | 0.40% (0.00401) | 70.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00341) | 66.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 75.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 54.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities x_refsource_MISC
- http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/37293 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25541/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29014 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2807 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470837/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25161 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.xssnews.com/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34785 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://osvdb.org/37293 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25541/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29014 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2807 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470837/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25161 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.xssnews.com/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34785 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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