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CVE-2008-0664

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Description

The XML-RPC implementation (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress before 2.3.3, when registration is enabled, allows remote attackers to edit posts of other blog users via unknown vectors.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00416.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00349.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-0674

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431547

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0448

http://www.village-idiot.org/archives/2008/02/02/wordpress-232-exploit-confirmed/

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019316

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27669

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1601

http://wordpress.org/development/2008/02/wordpress-233/

http://secunia.com/advisories/30960

http://secunia.com/advisories/28920

http://secunia.com/advisories/28823

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-02-08

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03553

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