CVE-2015-3438 (GCVE-0-2015-3438)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-08-05 01:00
Modified
2024-08-06 05:47
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
References
security@debian.org http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2 Patch
security@debian.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
security@debian.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
security@debian.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
security@debian.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74269
security@debian.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032207
security@debian.org https://cedricvb.be/post/wordpress-stored-xss-vulnerability-4-1-2/ Exploit
security@debian.org https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.org https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7929
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74269
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032207
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://cedricvb.be/post/wordpress-stored-xss-vulnerability-4-1-2/ Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7929
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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