Unscored severity · published Aug 3, 2015
CVE-2015-5622
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor…
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CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 4.2.2 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5622
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5622
Patch
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
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