CVE-2015-8834

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:39

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 - () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 -
References () https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2 - Patch () https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2 - Patch
References () https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ - Patch, Vendor Advisory () 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')