What is CVE-2010-5295?

CVE-2010-5295 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-01-21.

Is CVE-2010-5295 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wordpress

CVE-2010-5295

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a plugin's author field, which is not properly handled during a Delete Plugin action.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.018 (76.5th 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

20142995/nuclei-templates
harrystaley/CSCI4349_
harrystaley/TAMUSA_

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-5295?: CVE-2010-5295 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-01-21.
Is CVE-2010-5295 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.