VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-3440
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a long comment that is improperly stored because of limitations on the MySQL TEXT data type.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 16.9%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a long comment that is improperly stored because of limitations on the MySQL TEXT data type.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 16.89% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1
- 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://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84Exploit
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299
- https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.htmlExploit
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/Exploit
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1
- 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://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84Exploit
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299
- https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.htmlExploit
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.