# CVE-2013-6993: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Ad-minister plugin 0.6 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-01-02 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Ad-minister plugin 0.6 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the key parameter in a delete action to wp-admin/tools.php.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530540/100/0/threaded
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23187
- http://wordpress.org/support/topic/ad-minister-06-security-vulnerability-notification-xss

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