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    CVE-2015-3440

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a long comment that is improperly stored because of limitations on the MySQL TEXT data type.

    Published:Aug 3, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Aug 3, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.05823
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Wordpress
    Product
    Wordpress

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844

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    References

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
    http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84
    http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199
    https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299
    https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/
    https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
    http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84
    http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199
    https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299
    https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/
    https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High