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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/admin.php in NextGEN Gallery 0.96 and earlier plugin for Wordpress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the picture description field in a page edit action.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2009-09-08
SQL injection vulnerability in ahah/sf-profile.php in the Yellow Swordfish Simple Forum module for Wordpress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the u parameter. NOTE: this issue was disclosed by an unreliable researcher, so the details might be incorrect.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2009-08-24
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrator interface in WordPress before 2.8.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a comment author URL.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.022
Published
2009-08-18
WP-Syntax plugin 0.9.1 and earlier for Wordpress, with register_globals enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the test_filter[wp_head] array parameter to test/index.php, which is used in a call to the call_user_func_array function.
CVSS Score
6.8
EPSS Score
0.022
Published
2009-08-18
Wordpress before 2.8.3 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a direct request to (1) admin-footer.php, (2) edit-category-form.php, (3) edit-form-advanced.php, (4) edit-form-comment.php, (5) edit-link-category-form.php, (6) edit-link-form.php, (7) edit-page-form.php, and (8) edit-tag-form.php in wp-admin/.
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.012
Published
2009-08-18
Wordpress before 2.8.3 does not check capabilities for certain actions, which allows remote attackers to make unauthorized edits or additions via a direct request to (1) edit-comments.php, (2) edit-pages.php, (3) edit.php, (4) edit-category-form.php, (5) edit-link-category-form.php, (6) edit-tag-form.php, (7) export.php, (8) import.php, or (9) link-add.php in wp-admin/.
CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.014
Published
2009-08-18
wp-login.php in WordPress 2.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force a password reset for the first user in the database, possibly the administrator, via a key[] array variable in a resetpass (aka rp) action, which bypasses a check that assumes that $key is not an array.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.741
Published
2009-08-13
wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access the configuration of a plugin, which allows remote attackers to specify a configuration file in the page parameter to obtain sensitive information or modify this file, as demonstrated by the (1) collapsing-archives/options.txt, (2) akismet/readme.txt, (3) related-ways-to-take-action/options.php, (4) wp-security-scan/securityscan.php, and (5) wp-ids/ids-admin.php files. NOTE: this can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and denial of service.
CVSS Score
4.9
EPSS Score
0.164
Published
2009-07-10
WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 exhibit different behavior for a failed login attempt depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes the significance of this issue, indicating that the behavior exists for "user convenience."
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.853
Published
2009-07-10
The forgotten mail interface in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 exhibits different behavior for a password request depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes the significance of this issue, indicating that the behavior exists for "user convenience."
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.023
Published
2009-07-10