FKIE_CVE-2015-5622

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-08-03 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:29
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
cve@mitre.orghttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359
cve@mitre.orghttps://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress3.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress3.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wordpress wordpress *
debian debian_linux 8.0

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