Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.5.1-11
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
51.22% (98th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-363226
- published 28 Nov 2008
- disclosed 28 Nov 2008
Introduced: 28 Nov 2008
CVE-2008-5278 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
wordpress
to version 2.5.1-11 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress
package and not the wordpress
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
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).
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5278
- http://osvdb.org/50214
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00000.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00176.html
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498652
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32966
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32476
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46882
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