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title: CVE-2010-4402
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4402
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# CVE-2010-4402

Publication date 6 December 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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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 wp-login.php in the
Register Plus plugin 3.5.1 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers
to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) firstname, (2) lastname,
(3) website, (4) aim, (5) yahoo, (6) jabber, (7) about, (8) pass1, and (9)
pass2 parameters in a register action.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4402#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wordpress | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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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)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

code not present:
wp-content/plugins/register-plus/dash\_widget.php
wp-content/plugins/register-plus/register-plus.php

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4402)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4402)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4402)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4402)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4402>
