{"cve":"CVE-2008-5278","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-28T19:30:00.203","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:37.327","status":"Modified","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).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["http://osvdb.org/50214","http://secunia.com/advisories/32882","http://secunia.com/advisories/32966","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662","http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/"],"products":["wordpress:wordpress"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5278","score":0.03233,"percentile":0.88269,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}