CVE-2010-5295

N/A Unknown
Published: January 21, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a plugin's author field, which is not properly handled during a Delete Plugin action.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16373
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16373
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
66th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

wordpress