CVE-2010-5294

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    CVE-2010-5294

    Published: 21 Jan 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2, https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16367, https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16367

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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