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GHSA-GGP3-C542-QP4X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:17 – Updated: 2025-04-09 04:01

Details

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).

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-28 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

10 references

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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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GHSA-GGP3-C542-QP4X

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

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