Public exploit available

Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2008-0193 — Cross-site Scripting in Wordpress

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting5 documents5 sources

Severity

4.3MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

1.9%

top 16.91%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

PoC available

Public exploit / PoC exists

Affected products

Wordpress Debian Wordpress

Timeline

PublishedJan 10

Latest updateMay 1

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier, and possibly 2.1.x through 2.3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 2.1.0-1 (bookworm)

▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 2.1.0-1+3

▶NVDwordpress/wordpress2.0.11+14

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-2q33-97fp-mrjr: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-db-backup↗2022-05-01

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OSV

CVE-2008-0193: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-db-backup↗2008-01-10

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💥Exploits & PoCs

Exploit-DB

WordPress Core 2.2.3 - '/wp-admin/edit.php?backup' Cross-Site Scripting↗2008-01-03

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📋Vendor Advisories

Debian

CVE-2008-0193: wordpress - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.11...↗2008

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