CVE-2008-5278
EPSS 2.7%
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).
How to fix CVE-2008-5278
To remediate CVE-2008-5278, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 2.5.1-11 or later
Is CVE-2008-5278 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.5.1-11