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CVE-2008-5278

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the self_link function in in the RSS Feed Generator (wp-includes/feed.php) f

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the self_link function in the RSS Feed Generator (wp-includes/feed.php) for WordPress before 2.6.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Host header (HTTP_HOST variable).

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.03157
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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<= 2.6.3
wordpressall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 498652www.securityfocus.com
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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 NVD28 Nov 2008 · 07:30 PM
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://osvdb.org/50214
http://secunia.com/advisories/32882
http://secunia.com/advisories/32966
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32476
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