CVE-2008-5278
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5278
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-5278.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-5278
- Published
- 2008-11-28T19:30:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-02-21T05:00:05Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the selflink 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 (HTTPHOST variable).
- References
-
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32966
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498652
- http://osvdb.org/50214
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32476
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46882
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00000.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00176.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5278
Affected packages
Debian:11 / wordpress
Package
- Name
- wordpress
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source
Debian:12 / wordpress
Package
- Name
- wordpress
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source
Debian:13 / wordpress
Package
- Name
- wordpress
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source