Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.3.1+dfsg-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
12.56% (96th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-362459
- published 22 May 2016
- disclosed 22 May 2016
Introduced: 22 May 2016
CVE-2015-5714 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 4.3.1+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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
CVSS Scores
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