CVE-2008-0193: WordPress

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier, and possibly 2.1.x through 2.3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 2.0.11; version 2.1 only; version 2.1.1 only; version 2.1.2 only; version 2.1.3 only; version 2.1.3_rc1 only; …

Published 2008-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.