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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.