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Vulnerability details: VCID-dfds-5s4r-tuhk
Vulnerability ID VCID-dfds-5s4r-tuhk
Aliases CVE-2008-0193
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.01859 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0193
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0193
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0193
CVE-2008-0192;OSVDB-40224 Exploit https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27123/info
CVE-2008-0193;OSVDB-43408 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/30979.txt
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Jan. 3, 2008
Description WordPress Core 2.2.3 - '/wp-admin/edit.php?backup' Cross-Site Scripting
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Jan. 3, 2008
Exploit type webapps
Platform php
Source update date May 4, 2017
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27123/info
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.83365
EPSS Score 0.01859
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T13:40:54.581774+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0