wp-admin/admin-functions.php in Wordpress before 2.2.3 and Wordpress multi-user (MU) before 1.2.5a does not properly verify the unfiltered_html privilege, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via modified data to (1) post.php or (2) page.php with a no_filter field
Published Sep 14, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.52%
Description
wp-admin/admin-functions.php in Wordpress before 2.2.3 and Wordpress multi-user (MU) before 1.2.5a does not properly verify the unfiltered_html privilege, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via modified data to (1) post.php or (2) page.php with a no_filter field.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.2.1
- 0.7
- 0.71
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.1.2
- 1.5.1.3
- 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_rc1
- 2.0.10_rc2
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3_rc1
- 2.1.3_rc2
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2_revision5002
- 2.2_revision5003
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.52% (0.01522) | 73.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.52% (0.01522) | 71.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.45% (0.01448) | 79.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 75.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 18, 2024 | 0.63% (0.00634) | 79.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 74.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00248) | 64.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00279) | 67.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 9, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00279) | 64.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00265) | 62.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-214.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26771 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26796 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4720 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-223/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25639 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3132 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285831 x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36576 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-214.shtml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26771 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26796 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4720 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-223/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25639 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3132 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285831 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36576 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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