CVE-2007-2714

Akismet Spam Protection < 2.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

6.1

CVSS Score

6.1

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.0.2

Patched in

6098d

Time to patch

Description

The Akismet Spam Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the _wp_http_referer’ parameter in versions before 2.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.0.1

PublishedMay 14, 2007

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginakismet

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e69122ed-8f18-4f2d-ba77-7538c7b6de6d?source=api-prod

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