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).

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

3.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 87th percentile

Nuclei

high

Published

2008-11-28

Updated

2024-08-07

Nuclei templates (1)

• topscoder/nuclei-wordfence-cve/blob/main/nuclei-templates/2008/CVE-2008-5278-wordpress-e6…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2008-5274
• CVE-2008-5279
• CVE-2008-5273
• CVE-2008-5280
• CVE-2008-5272
• CVE-2008-5281