CVE-2010-5294

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the request_filesystem_credentials function in wp-admin/includes/file.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 allow remote servers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by providing a crafted error message for a (1) FTP or (2) SSH connection attempt.

How to fix CVE-2010-5294

To remediate CVE-2010-5294, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 3.0.2-1 or later

Is CVE-2010-5294 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 3.0.2-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-5294