CVE-2013-2205

medium

Description

The default configuration of SWFUpload in WordPress before 3.5.2 has an unrestrictive security.allowDomain setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2013-2160

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976784

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60759

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718

http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/

http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/06/21/secure-swfupload/

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-07-08

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N