CVE-2007-1049
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 6.5%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_explain_nonce function in the nonce AYS functionality (wp-includes/functions.php) for WordPress 2.0 before 2.0.9 and 2.1 before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php, and possibly other vectors involving the action variable.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 6.5% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1046)
- Published
- February 21, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1046 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gentoo / linux
- gentoo / linux
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
References
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22534.html(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/33766
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24566
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4876(Patch)
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4877
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3781(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22534
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0741
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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