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title: "CVE-2004-1559\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2004-1559

Publication date 31 December 2004

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Wordpress 1.2 allow
remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1)
redirect\_to, text, popupurl, or popuptitle parameters to wp-login.php, (2)
redirect\_url parameter to admin-header.php, (3) popuptitle, popupurl,
content, or post\_title parameters to bookmarklet.php, (4) cat\_ID parameter
to categories.php, (5) s parameter to edit.php, or (6) s or mode parameter
to edit-comments.php.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wordpress | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.0.2-2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.2-2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.0.2-2 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1559)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1559)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-1559)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1559)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1559>