CVE-2015-3438

Publication date 5 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 4.1.2, when MySQL is used without strict mode, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) four-byte UTF-8 character or (2) invalid character that reaches the database layer, as demonstrated by a crafted character in a comment.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wordpress	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

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Notes

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4.1 and 4.1.1 are affected

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3438