What is CVE-2008-2068?

CVE-2008-2068 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-05-02.

Is CVE-2008-2068 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in WordPress

CVE-2008-2068

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress 2.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2008-05-02 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

WordPress — versions 2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42029 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/29965 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-2068?: CVE-2008-2068 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-05-02.
Is CVE-2008-2068 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.