CVE-2015-8834

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3440.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2	Patch
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2	Patch
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-05-22 01:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2015-8834

Mitre link : CVE-2015-8834

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8834

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Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

CWE-79

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

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