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WordPress "year" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Release Date: 2007-03-12 Last Update: 2007-04-12 Views: 15,335
Secunia Advisory SA24485
Where:
From remote
Impact:
Cross Site Scripting,
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
CVE Reference(s):
Description
g30rg3_x has discovered a vulnerability in WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "year" parameter when used in wp_title() is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.1.2. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 2.1.3.
Provided and/or discovered by:
g30rg3_x
Original Advisory:
http://chxsecurity.org/advisories/adv-1-mid.txt
Deep Links:
Links available to Secunia VIM customers
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Please provide information about patches, mitigating factors, new versions, exploits, faulty patches, links, and other relevant data by posting comments to this Advisory. You can also send this information to vuln@secunia.com
Subject: WordPress "year" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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