ghsa-cv8p-7fxf-fmqr
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Published
2022-05-17 03:30
Modified
2025-04-12 12:50
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-3438"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-08-05T01:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-cv8p-7fxf-fmqr",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:50:30Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:30:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3438"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cedricvb.be/post/wordpress-stored-xss-vulnerability-4-1-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7929"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74269"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032207"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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