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CVE-2008-3233

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 2.6, SVN development versions only, allows remote attackers

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 2.6, SVN development versions only, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.0047
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Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
wordpress<= 2.5.1
wordpressall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
webappsWordPress Core 2.5.1 - 'press-this.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiesverified
poctrac.wordpress.org · 7220trac.wordpress.org
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD18 Jul 2008 · 04:41 PM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/6Exploit
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