MEDIUM
wordpress: XML-RPC interface vulnerability
Published Feb 8, 2008
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.55%
Description
The XML-RPC implementation (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress before 2.3.3, when registration is enabled, allows remote attackers to edit posts of other blog users via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.7
- 0.71
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.3.1
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.1.2
- 1.5.1.3
- 1.5.2
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.10_rc1
- 2.0.10_rc2
- 2.0.11
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3_rc1
- 2.1.3_rc2
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2_revision5002
- 2.2_revision5003
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.55% 0.03553
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03553
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.55% (0.03553) | 88.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.55% (0.03553) | 87.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 6.84% (0.06837) | 91.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 5.06% (0.05057) | 89.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 6.84% (0.06837) | 90.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 5.06% (0.05057) | 89.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 6.84% (0.06837) | 91.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 5.06% (0.05057) | 89.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.84% (0.06837) | 90.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.61% (0.10605) | 88.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 6.84% (0.06837) | 90.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 10.61% (0.10605) | 92.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.84% (0.06837) | 90.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.68% (0.01684) | 88.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00736) | 80.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 4, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00684) | 80.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00651) | 79.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00639) | 78.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00639) | 75.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (15)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28823 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28920 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30960 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/02/wordpress-233/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1601 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27669 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019316 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.village-idiot.org/archives/2008/02/02/wordpress-232-exploit-confirmed/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0448 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0664 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431547 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0664
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0664
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00349.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00416.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 8, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 7, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0664
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a