CVE-2008-5278 (GCVE-0-2008-5278)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-28 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49
VLAI
Summary
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).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/50214 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32476 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/32882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498652 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/32966 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2008-11-25 00:00
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