DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5278

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5278

    Published: 28 Nov 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
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    CVE-2008-5278

    Summary:

    Details: 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).

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5278

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.5.1-11

    Affected versions

    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