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 wordpressUpgrade de-wordpressUpgrade ja-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_CNUpgrade ru-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_TW | Dec 10, 2025 | Jul 23, 2015 |
| Wordpress | — | Upgrade Wordpress to version 4.2.3 | May 16, 2017 | Aug 3, 2015 |
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