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medium 4.3

CVE-2007-1049 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_explain_nonce function in the nonce AYS functionality (wp-includes/functions.php) for Wo…

published 2007-02-21 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-1046

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1049

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-29598)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29598 WordPress Core 1.x/2.0.x - 'Templates.php' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2007-02-12
  • downloads.securityfocus.com http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/22534.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

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Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.