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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).

Published

2008-11-28T19:30:00.203

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application wordpress wordpress ≤ 2.6.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.6.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.6.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.6.2.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.6.2.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.7 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.71 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.71-gold Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.72 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.72 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.72 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.72 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.711 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.0 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.0-platinum Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.0.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.0.1-miles Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.0.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.0.2-blakey Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.2-delta Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.2-mingus Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.2.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.2.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.3.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.4 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5-strayhorn Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.6 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.4 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.5 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.6 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.7 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.8 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.9 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.10 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.10_rc1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.10_rc2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.11 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1.3_rc1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1.3_rc2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2.0 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2_revision5002 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2_revision5003 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.5 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.5.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.6 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.6.1 Yes
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