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CVE-2015-3440
Published: Aug 3, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
36844
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
FEDORA-2015-6778
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945
x_refsource_MISC
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
FEDORA-2015-6790
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
74334
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
20150426 WordPress 4.2 stored XSS
mailing-list
x_refsource_FULLDISC
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299
x_refsource_CONFIRM
121320
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
1032199
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
DSA-3250
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
FEDORA-2015-6808
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
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