Description: A vulnerability has been discovered in WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "PHP_SELF" variable 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: Reportedly fixed in versions 2.0.10 and 2.1.3.
Provided and/or discovered by: Independently discovered by Alexander Concha and Jungsonn.
Changelog: 2007-03-27: Added CVE reference.
2007-04-03: Updated "Solution" section.
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