# CVE-2011-0700: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 3.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web scrip

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-03-14 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 3.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the Quick/Bulk Edit title (aka post title or post_title), (2) post_status, (3) comment_status, (4) ping_status, and (5) escaping of tags within the tags meta box.

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## References

- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/057003.html
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.5
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0658
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43729
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056412.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46249
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17412
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17401
- http://www.wordpress.org/news/2011/02/wordpress-3-0-5/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/13
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056998.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/08/7
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0721
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17406
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2190
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17397

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