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CVE-2008-5278

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD

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).

Key facts

CVSS score
4.3 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
EPSS score
3.2% (88th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-5255)
Published
November 28, 2008
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5255 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • wordpress / wordpress
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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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