CVE-2010-4536

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2010-4536 · Published 03/01/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wordpress wordpress	`≤ 3.0.3`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KSES, as used in WordPress before 3.0.4, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the & (ampersand) character, (2) the case of an attribute name, (3) a padded entity, and (4) an entity that is not in normalized form.

References

core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0 · Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053289.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053293.html · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/42755 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/43000 · Third Party Advisory
wordpress.org/news/2010/12/3-0-4-update · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/30/1 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/45620 · Third Party Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3335 · Third Party Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0167 · Third Party Advisory

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