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CVE-2007-1622

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/vars.php in WordPress before 2.0.10 RC2, and before 2.1.3 RC2 in the 2.1 series, allows remote authenticated users with theme privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO in the administration interface, related to loose regular expression processing of PHP_SELF.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2007-1622 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from wordpress organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2007, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2007-03-23T00:19:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.4	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.6	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.7	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.10	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.10_rc1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.1.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.1.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.1.3_rc1	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/24567 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25108 ([email protected])
http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C7935#msg-8006 ([email protected])
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-advisory.txt Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23027 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1005 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24567 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25108 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C7935#msg-8006 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-advisory.txt Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23027 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1005 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For wordpress's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.