PT-2008-6408 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2008-11-28 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5278

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 2.6.5

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists due to the self link function in the RSS Feed Generator. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP HOST variable in the Host header.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.5, update to version 2.6.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the RSS Feed Generator until a patch is applied. Avoid using the HTTP HOST variable in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5278

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 15

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/498652 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5278 · Security Note
• http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00176.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5278 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32966 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32476 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46882 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32882 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5278 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/50214 · Note