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CVE-2015-5622

UNKNOWN
Published 2015-08-03T14:00:00
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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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

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WordPress Vulnerability

Identified and analyzed by Wordfence

Software Type

Core

Patch Status

Patched

Published

July 23, 2015

Software Details

Software Name

WordPress

Software Slug

wordpress

Affected Versions

[*, 3.7) 3.7 - 3.7.8 3.8 - 3.8.8 3.9 - 3.9.6 4.0 - 4.0.5 4.1 - 4.1.5 4.2 - 4.2.2

Patched Versions

3.7.9 3.8.9 3.9.7 4.0.6 4.1.6 4.2.3

Remediation

Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 3.7.9, 3.8.9, 3.9.7, 4.0.6, 4.1.6, 4.2.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d3191b0-829f-4d35-b8f6-323e7ea6f80b?source=api-prod

© Defiant Inc. Data provided by Wordfence.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed LOW

GHSA-cg2j-v6g7-3q66

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

2.5

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5622
WEB https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359
WEB https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress3.html
WEB https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3
WEB https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
WEB http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
WEB http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
WEB http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
WEB http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
WEB http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 17, 2022, Modified: April 12, 2025

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress3.html

HackerOne Reports

[bbPress] Stored XSS in any forum post. None
psych0tr1a
Automattic
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic
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Published: 2015-08-03T14:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T06:59:02.694Z
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