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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-5278
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the self_link function in in...
Vulnerability Description
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).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00176.html
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/
- http://osvdb.org/50214
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32476
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32882
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498652
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32966
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46882
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00000.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.6.2, 0.6.2.1, 0.7, 0.71, 0.71-gold, 0.72, 0.711, 1.0, 1.0-platinum, 1.0.1, 1.0.1-miles, 1.0.2, 1.0.2-blakey, 1.2, 1.2-delta, 1.2-mingus, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.1, 1.4, 1.5, 1.5-strayhorn, 1.5.1, 1.5.1.1, 1.5.1.2, 1.5.1.3, 1.5.2, 1.6, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.10_rc1, 2.0.10_rc2, 2.0.11, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.3_rc1, 2.1.3_rc2, 2.2, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2_revision5002, 2.2_revision5003, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 2.6.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 28th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.