Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.2.4+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-1563976
  • published9 Nov 2015
  • disclosed9 Nov 2015

Introduced: 9 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-5733  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 4.2.4+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the refreshAdvancedAccessibilityOfItem function in wp-admin/js/nav-menu.js in WordPress before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an accessibility-helper title.

CVSS Scores

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