CVE-2015-3438
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.2+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | {"endIncluding":"4.1.1"} | |
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2
- 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://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74269
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032207
- https://cedricvb.be/post/wordpress-stored-xss-vulnerability-4-1-2/
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7929
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3438
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.