CVE-2008-5278

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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).

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 28, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5278: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix