What is CVE-2008-3233?

CVE-2008-3233 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-07-18.

Is CVE-2008-3233 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in WordPress

CVE-2008-3233

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2008-07-18 · 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: 0.039 (90.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000

Affected products

WordPress — versions 0.6.2, 0.6.2.1, 0.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/5 (mailing-list)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/6 (mailing-list, Exploit)
trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7220 (Exploit)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/5 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-3233?: CVE-2008-3233 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-07-18.
Is CVE-2008-3233 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.