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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | wordpress | 2.2.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | wordpress | 2.2.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | wordpress | 2.2.2-1 | — |
| Debian 4.0 | wordpress | 2.0.10-1etch1 | DSA-1502-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1502-1 wordpress - multiple vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- DSA-1502 vendor-advisory
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
- http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news/news-100607-1/
- 25161 vdb-entry
- wordpress-themes-xss(34785) vdb-entry
- 2807 third-party-advisory
- http://www.xssnews.com/
- 37293 vdb-entry
- 25541 third-party-advisory
- http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
- 20070608 Wordpress default theme XSS (admin) and other problems mailing-list
- 29014 third-party-advisory