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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-11-28 19:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- af4c569c904bd51fecc49c020fedfd0af2feb1cb2fd7d56b6872f7d65d16d4e0
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-10468https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00176.html
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/
- osvdb.org50214http://osvdb.org/50214
- securityreason.com4662http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662
- www.securityfocus.com32476http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32476
- secunia.com32882http://secunia.com/advisories/32882
- www.securityfocus.com20081125 WordPress XSS vulnerability in RSS Feed Generatorhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498652
- secunia.com32966http://secunia.com/advisories/32966
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwordpress-feed-xss(46882)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46882
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-10483https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00000.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wordpress Fixed in 2.5.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wordpress Fixed in 2.5.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wordpress Fixed in 2.5.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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