# CVE-2007-3238: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Authenticated administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via PATH_INFO in WordPress default theme, potentially bypassing security controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 15 Jun 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3238, GHSA-2hmc-pm44-rgw4

## What is CVE-2007-3238?

CVE-2007-3238 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 15 Jun 2007. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme in WordPress 2.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO (REQUEST_URI) to wp-admin/themes.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1622.  NOTE: this might not cross privilege boundaries in some configurations, since the Administrator role has the unfiltered_html capability.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3238?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wordpress Wordpress.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-3238?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2007-3238 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3238 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress

- [CVE-2026-63030](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63030/): WordPress Core Interpretation Conflict (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-87902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87902/): WordPress Core Remote File Inclusion (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-60137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60137/): WordPress Core SQL Injection (medium 5.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2012-2399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2399/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-2400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2400/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-3238 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-3238 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 15 Jun 2007. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3238 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Wordpress Wordpress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3238/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3238/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3238
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3238
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-3238

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3238/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.