Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.2.1 allow remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the Options Database Table in the Admin Panel, accessed through options.php; or (2) the opml_url parameter to link-import.php. 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 | 2.0.10-1etch2 | DSA-1564-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1564-1 wordpress - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- wordpress-options-xss(35722) vdb-entry
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
- 30013 third-party-advisory
- wordpress-linkimport-xss(35720) vdb-entry
- 46995 vdb-entry
- DSA-1564 vendor-advisory
- http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
- 46994 vdb-entry