CVE-2015-3438
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 4.1.2, when MySQL is used without strict mode, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) four-byte UTF-8 character or (2) invalid character that…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 4.1.2, when MySQL is used without strict mode, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) four-byte UTF-8 character or (2) invalid character that reaches the database layer, as demonstrated by a crafted character in a comment.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 7.13% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74269
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032207
- https://cedricvb.be/post/wordpress-stored-xss-vulnerability-4-1-2/Exploit
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7929
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74269
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032207
- https://cedricvb.be/post/wordpress-stored-xss-vulnerability-4-1-2/Exploit
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7929
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.