CVE-2015-3440

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• WordPress Core 4.2 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting2015-04-27 · webapps · php · Verified

Impact

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.1 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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299
• https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html
• https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199