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)

Published 2014-01-21 · 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: 0.014 (71.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

WordPress — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16367 (Exploit, Patch)
codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2 (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.