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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package wordpress  (opens in a new tab)

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EPSS
1.27% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1610-WORDPRESS-629120
  • published25 Nov 2014
  • disclosed25 Nov 2014
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Introduced: 25 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-9031  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wptexturize function in WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, and 3.9.x before 3.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted use of shortcode brackets in a text field, as demonstrated by a comment or a post.