Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade wordpress | Nov 9, 2015 | Oct 29, 2015 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade ja-wordpressUpgrade wordpressUpgrade ru-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_CNUpgrade de-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_TW | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 15, 2015 |
| Wordpress | — | Upgrade Wordpress to version 4.3.1 | May 16, 2017 | May 21, 2016 |
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