CVE-2015-3440

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2015-3440 · Published 03/08/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wordpress wordpress	`≤ 4.2`	No fix yet

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.

References

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

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