Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3440.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2 | Patch |
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2016-05-21 18:59
Updated : 2016-11-28 11:49
NVD link : CVE-2015-8834
Mitre link : CVE-2015-8834
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CWE
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Products Affected
wordpress
- wordpress