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CVE-2008-4671 (GCVE-0-2008-4671)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-22 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:24
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/wp-blogs.php in Wordpress MU (WPMU) before 2.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) s and (2) ip_address parameters.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/32060 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31482 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosur… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Date Public
2008-09-29 00:00
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