vulnerability

Wordpress: CVE-2015-7989: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 21, 2016
Added
May 16, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user list table in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted e-mail address, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5714.

Solution

wordpress-upgrade-4_3_1
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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