DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5278

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5278
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5278.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5278
Upstream
Published
2008-11-28T19:30:00.203Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:13.103955Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.1-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.1-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.1-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.1-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}