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CVE-2015-3438

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Date: August 4, 2015

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.

Language: PHP

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Related Resources (13)

https://cedricvb.be/post/wordpress-stored-xss-vulnerability-4-1-2/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3438
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74269
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3438
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032207
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-3438

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-79

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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