CVE-2008-4671

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/wp-blogs.php in Wordpress MU (WPMU) before 2.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) s and (2) ip_address parameters.

Published: 2008-10-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4671 is rated Exploit Available (57.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.81%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4671

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32444 exploit_db edb 2008-09-29 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4671

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-14 1.08% 0.81% -0.26%
2 2025-12-12 0.73% 1.08% +0.34%
3 2025-03-19 0.73%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4671

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4671

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-4671

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2008-4671 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4671
ubuntu low CVE-2008-4671 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4671

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4671

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wordpress wordpress_mu cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress_mu 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress_mu 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress_mu 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress_mu 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress_mu 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4671

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