Name: CVE-2015-5622: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2015-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-5622, CWE-79, CVSS 4.1, EPSS 0.00968

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.1

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade wordpress	Nov 9, 2015	Aug 3, 2015
Freebsd	—	Upgrade ru-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_TWUpgrade ja-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_CNUpgrade de-wordpressUpgrade wordpress	Dec 10, 2025	Jul 23, 2015
Wordpress	—	Upgrade Wordpress to version 4.2.3	May 16, 2017	Aug 3, 2015

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CVSS Details

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