XSS in Wordpress

CVE-2008-5278

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the self_link function in 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).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.032 (87.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wordpress — versions 0.6.2, 0.6.2.1, 0.7
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-5278?
CVE-2008-5278 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-11-28.
Is CVE-2008-5278 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.