Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.0.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or…

Published 18 y ago 2008-01-10 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

4.3

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

5.1%

percentile 92%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.0.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the popuptitle parameter to (1) wp-admin/post.php or (2) wp-admin/page-new.php.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.07% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-30978 WordPress Core 2.2.3 - '/wp-admin/page-new.php?popuptitle' Cross-Site Scripting · webapps · 2008-01-03
EDB-30977 WordPress Core 2.2.3 - '/wp-admin/post.php?popuptitle' Cross-Site Scripting · webapps · 2008-01-03

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress (RSS, critical only)

References

securityvulns.ru /Sdocument714.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
websecurity.com.ua /1658/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
lists.grok.org.uk /pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/27123 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
securityreason.com /securityalert/3539 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/39426 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2008-0192
NVD: CVE-2008-0192

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