CVE-2008-5278

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
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 or HTML via the Host header (HTTP_HOST variable).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-5278
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-11-28T19:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:33:13
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.3
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71-gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0-platinum:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1-miles:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2-blakey:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-delta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-mingus:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5-strayhorn:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:alpha_3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2_revision5002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2_revision5003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498652 Exploit
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32882
http://osvdb.org/50214
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00176.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32966
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32476
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46882
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5278
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5278
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:07 Added to TrackCVE