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CVE-2008-3233

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3233 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting WordPress development versions prior to 2.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML, likely through unspecified input vectors. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), successful exploitation requires moderate attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure or defacement, but not impact availability. While an ExploitDB entry (EDB-32053) exists detailing XSS in press-this.php for WordPress 2.5.1, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32053 · Jul 15, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0395 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

trac.wordpress.org / ticket/7220
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/6
Exploit