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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• DSA-1502 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 20080103 securityvulns.com russian vulnerabilities digest (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• http://websecurity.com.ua/1676/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 27123 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20080103 securityvulns.com russian vulnerabilities digest (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument755.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 3539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 29014 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:39 UTC.