XSS in Wordpress

CVE-2008-0193

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier, and possibly 2.1.x through 2.3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.040 (89.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wordpress — versions 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References