cve/2008/CVE-2008-5278.md

### [CVE-2008-5278](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5278)
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### Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the self_link function in in the RSS Feed Generator (wp-includes/feed.php) for WordPress before 2.6.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Host header (HTTP_HOST variable).

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4662

#### Github
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