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CVE-2010-5294: 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

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

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

Package
WordPress core WordPress
Affected versions
<=3.0.1 or =2.0 or =2.0.1 or =2.0.2 or =2.0.4 or =2.0.5 or =2.0.6 or =2.0.7 or =2.0.8 or =2.0.9 or =2.0.10 or =2.0.11 or =2.1 or =2.1.1 or =2.1.2 or =2.1.3 or =2.2 or =2.2.1 or =2.2.2 or =2.2.3 or =2.3 or =2.3.1 or =2.3.2 or =2.3.3 or =2.5 or =2.5.1 or =2.6 or =2.6.1 or =2.6.2 or =2.6.3 or =2.6.5 or =2.7 or =2.7.1 or =2.8 or =2.8.1 or =2.8.2 or =2.8.3 or =2.8.4 or =2.8.5 or =2.8.5.1 or =2.8.5.2 or =2.8.6 or =2.9 or =2.9.1 or =2.9.1.1 or =2.9.2 or =3.0
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (72.3th percentile)
Published
2014-01-21
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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