Unscored severity · published Jan 21, 2014
CVE-2010-5294
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…
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CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 3.0.1; 2.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.4; 2.0.5; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5294
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-5294
Vendor Advisory
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2
Exploit
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16367
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