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Topic :

Wordpress default theme XSS (admin) and other problems

SecurityAlert : 2807

CVE : CVE-2007-3241

CVE : CVE-2007-3240

CVE : CVE-2007-3239

CVE : CVE-2007-3238

SecurityRisk : Low Security Risk Low

(About)

Remote Exploit : Yes

Local Exploit : No

Exploit Available : Yes

Credit : John Smith

Published : 19.06.2007

Affected Software :

Wordpress default theme

Advisory Content :

There is an XSS in the Wordpress default theme. Tested on WordPress version
2.2

Filename functions.php, line 387.
Code:

<form style="display: inline" method="post" name="hicolor"
id="hicolor" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>">

$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] is directly echoed to the user.

This problem can be exploited if the adminstrator is logged in.

Sample exploit URL.
http://www.example.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=functions.php&zmx"><scri
pt>alert(1)</script>

There are other XSS vulnerabilities in popular Wordpress themes.
More details on http://www.xssnews.com/

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