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TITLE:
WordPress "year" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24485

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24485/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
WordPress 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/6745/

DESCRIPTION:
g30rg3_x has discovered a vulnerability in WordPress, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "year" parameter when used in wp_title() is not
properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.1.2. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability is fixed in the SVN repository (revision 5003).
http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/5003

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
g30rg3_x

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://chxsecurity.org/advisories/adv-1-mid.txt

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