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WordPress "year" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA24485
Release Date: 2007-03-12
Last Update: 2007-04-12
Popularity: 11,533 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:WordPress 2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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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.

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