CVE-2015-5622
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5622
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.2.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.2.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.2.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.2.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.2.3+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | {"endIncluding":"4.2.2"} | |
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359
- https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress3.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5622
CWEs
CWE-79
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.