WordPress Core < 3.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2010-5294
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published November 30, 2010
Last Updated January 22, 2024
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.2
Patched Version
  • 3.0.2
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