CVE-2007-4139

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-08-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Temporary Uploads editing functionality (wp-admin/includes/upload.php) in WordPress 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the style parameter to wp-admin/upload.php.

Affected products

WordPress: 2.2.1

References

http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
http://osvdb.org/36621
http://secunia.com/advisories/26296
http://trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/4689/4689.diff
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4689
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25158
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2744
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35718
http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
http://osvdb.org/36621
http://secunia.com/advisories/26296
http://trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/4689/4689.diff

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