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.
Published: 2014-01-21
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-5253 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.
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00525}

epss

{'score': 0.00713}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T04:25:11.076Z

Reserved: 2014-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-5294

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-01-21T01:55:03.217

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-5294

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Weaknesses