wordpress-mu: XSS vulnerability in RSS Feed Generator
Published Nov 28, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.23%
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).
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.6.3
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.2.1
- 0.6.2.1
- 0.7
- 0.71
- 0.71-gold
- 0.72
- 0.72
- 0.72
- 0.72
- 0.711
- 1.0
- 1.0-platinum
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.1-miles
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.2-blakey
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 1.2-delta
- 1.2-mingus
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.3.1
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.5-strayhorn
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.1.1
- 1.5.1.2
- 1.5.1.3
- 1.5.2
- 1.6
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.10_rc1
- 2.0.10_rc2
- 2.0.11
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3_rc1
- 2.1.3_rc2
- 2.2
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2_revision5002
- 2.2_revision5003
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.23% (0.03233) | 87.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.23% (0.03233) | 86.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.39% (0.02389) | 83.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.18% (0.04176) | 80.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 2.39% (0.02389) | 83.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 5.89% (0.05886) | 88.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.39% (0.02389) | 83.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.74% (0.05737) | 93.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 24, 2024 | 43.47% (0.43467) | 97.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 51.22% (0.51222) | 96.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://osvdb.org/50214 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32966 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498652 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32476 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5278 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473577 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46882 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5278
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5278
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00176.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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