CVE-2015-5622
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 3, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 23, 2015
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- DSA-3328vendor-advisory
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
- DSA-3332vendor-advisory
- 1033037vdb-entry
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/
- 76011vdb-entry
- DSA-3383vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20150723 Re: CVE request: WordPress 4.2.2 and earlier cross-site scripting vulnerabilitymailing-list
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
- https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress3.html
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