CVE-2004-1559 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary scripts into WordPress via multiple parameters, requiring user interaction to execute malicious code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-1559?
CVE-2004-1559 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 20 Feb 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Wordpress 1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) redirect_to, text, popupurl, or popuptitle parameters to wp-login.php, (2) redirect_url parameter to admin-header.php, (3) popuptitle, popupurl, content, or post_title parameters to bookmarklet.php, (4) cat_ID parameter to categories.php, (5) s parameter to edit.php, or (6) s or mode parameter to edit-comments.php.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1559?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wordpress Wordpress.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1559?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2004-1559 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1559 exists.
Public exploit code: 6 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1559, GHSA-w42r-hrg2-j8mr.