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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805176 |
Category: | Web application abuses |
Title: | WordPress < 4.2.1 Comments Stored XSS Vulnerability |
Summary: | WordPress is prone to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS); vulnerability. |
Description: | Summary: WordPress is prone to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw exists because input to truncated blog comments is not validated before returning it to users. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will allow remote attacker to create a specially crafted request that would execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server. Affected Software/OS: WordPress version 4.2 and prior. Solution: Update to version 4.2.1 or later. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-3440 BugTraq ID: 74334 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334 Debian Security Information: DSA-3250 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945 http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199 |
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