What is CVE-2010-5294?

CVE-2010-5294 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-01-21.

Is CVE-2010-5294 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wordpress

CVE-2010-5294

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the request_filesystem_credentials function in wp-admin/includes/file.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 allow remote servers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by providing a crafted error message for a (1) FTP or (2) SSH connection attempt.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Wordpress — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-5294?: CVE-2010-5294 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-01-21.
Is CVE-2010-5294 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.