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CVE-2008-5278

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 3.23%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-11-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-5278
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
3.23%
WordPress

Original Filing — NVD 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).