Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.2+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.76% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WORDPRESS-363501
  • published5 Aug 2015
  • disclosed5 Aug 2015

Introduced: 5 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-3438  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wordpress to version 4.2+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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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