Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.2.2+dfsg-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.44% (75th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-363443
- published 17 Jun 2015
- disclosed 17 Jun 2015
Introduced: 17 Jun 2015
CVE-2015-3429 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
wordpress
to version 4.2.2+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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a fragment identifier.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3429
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
- https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability
- https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534
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