CVE-2015-3438 (GCVE-0-2015-3438)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-05 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:47
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Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 4.1.2, when MySQL is used without strict mode, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) four-byte UTF-8 character or (2) invalid character that reaches the database layer, as demonstrated by a crafted character in a comment.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2015-04-21 00:00
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