Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.2.1+dfsg-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
94.4% (100th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-362464
- published 3 Aug 2015
- disclosed 3 Aug 2015
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 4.2.1+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 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3440
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/
- 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://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299
- https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199
CVSS Scores
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