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CVE-2008-0664: 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.

medium Affects WordPress core. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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.

Package
WordPress core WordPress
Affected versions
=0.7 or =0.71 or =1.2 or =1.2.1 or =1.2.2 or =1.3.1 or =1.5 or =1.5.1 or =1.5.1.2 or =1.5.1.3 or =1.5.2 or =2.0 or =2.0.1 or =2.0.2 or =2.0.3 or =2.0.4 or =2.0.5 or =2.0.6 or =2.0.7 or =2.0.10 or =2.0.10_rc1 or =2.0.10_rc2 or =2.0.11 or =2.1 or =2.1.1 or =2.1.2 or =2.1.3 or =2.1.3_rc1 or =2.1.3_rc2 or =2.2 or =2.2.1 or =2.2.2 or =2.2.3 or =2.2_revision5002 or =2.2_revision5003 or =2.3 or =2.3.1 or =2.3.2
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 4% (89.3th percentile)
Published
2008-02-08
Source
nvd

References

CWE-264
NVD recordWordPress core advisories

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