Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3440.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 | |
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2 | Patch |
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 | |
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2 | Patch |
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
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Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 - | |
References | () https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2 - Patch | |
References | () https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ - Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Information
Published : 2016-05-22 01:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:39
NVD link : CVE-2015-8834
Mitre link : CVE-2015-8834
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8834
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Products Affected
wordpress
- wordpress
CWE
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')