CVE-2007-5105

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-09-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-register.php in WordPress 2.0 and 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the user_email parameter.

Affected products

WordPress: 2.0, 2.0.1

References

http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/2-vanilla-xss-on-wordpress-wp-registerphp/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3175
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480327/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25769
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36742
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36743
http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/2-vanilla-xss-on-wordpress-wp-registerphp/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3175
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480327/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25769
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36742
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36743

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