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.
Published: 2015-08-03
Score: 3.5 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-294-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3328-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3328-2 wordpress regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3332-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3332-2 wordpress regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3383-1 wordpress security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5574 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.
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Debian Debian Linux
Wordpress Wordpress
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:02.694Z

Reserved: 2015-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5622

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-03T14:59:01.680

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5622

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