Unscored severity · published Aug 5, 2015
CVE-2015-3438
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…
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CVSS
7.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.4% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 4.1.1 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3438
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3438
Patch
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74269
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