CVE-2015-3438

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    CVE-2015-3438

    Published: 5 Aug 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250, https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/, https://cedricvb.be/post/wordpress-stored-xss-vulnerability-4-1-2/, http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2, https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/, 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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74269, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032207, https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7929

    Affected packages

    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