CVE-2007-2714

Akismet Spam Protection < 2.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unspecified vulnerability in akismet.php in Matt Mullenweg Akismet before 2.0.2, a WordPress plugin, has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Vulnerabilidad no especificada en akismet.php de Matt Mullenweg Akismet anterior a 2.0.2, una extensión (plugin) de WordPress, tiene impacto y vectores de ataque desconocidos.

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.

*Credits: David Kierznowski

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-05-14 CVE Published
2007-05-14 First Exploit
2007-05-15 CVE Reserved
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-May/062980.html	Mailing List
http://michaeldaw.org/alerts/alert-140507	X_refsource_misc
http://osvdb.org/37290	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34338	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30036	2007-05-14
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23965	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://michaeldaw.org/alerts/alerts-140507-1	2017-07-29

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Matt Mullenweg Search vendor "Matt Mullenweg"		Akismet Search vendor "Matt Mullenweg" for product "Akismet"				*		-		Affected