CVE-2007-4893 (GCVE-0-2007-4893)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-09-14 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 15:08
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
wp-admin/admin-functions.php in Wordpress before 2.2.3 and Wordpress multi-user (MU) before 1.2.5a does not properly verify the unfiltered_html privilege, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via modified data to (1) post.php or (2) page.php with a no_filter field.
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