CVE-2010-4536
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KSES, as used in WordPress before 3.0.4, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the & (ampersand) character, (2) the case of an attribute name, (3)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KSES, as used in WordPress before 3.0.4, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the & (ampersand) character, (2) the case of an attribute name, (3) a padded entity, and (4) an entity that is not in normalized form.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.45% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 3.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053289.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053293.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42755Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43000Third Party Advisory
- http://wordpress.org/news/2010/12/3-0-4-update/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/30/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45620Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3335Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0167Third Party Advisory
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053289.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053293.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42755Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43000Third Party Advisory
- http://wordpress.org/news/2010/12/3-0-4-update/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/30/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45620Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3335Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0167Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.