CVE-2015-3440

WordPress Core < 4.2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via Comments

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en wp-includes/wp-db.php en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.2.1, permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través de un comentario largo que es almacenado indebidamente a causa de las limitaciones en el tipo de datos de MySQL TEXT.

*Credits: Jouko Pynnöne

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-04-27 CVE Published
2015-04-28 CVE Reserved
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2024-08-27 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1	X_refsource_confirm
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199	Vdb Entry
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299	X_refsource_confirm
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844	2024-08-06
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	2024-08-06
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84	2024-08-06
https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1	2016-12-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html	2016-12-06
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html	2016-12-06
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html	2016-12-06
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250	2016-12-06

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 4.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 4.2"		-		Affected