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title: "CVE-2015-3438\n | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-3438
Publication date 5 August 2015
Last updated 24 July 2024
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Ubuntu priority
**Medium**
[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )
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## 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.
[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3438?format=md#notes)
## Status
Show unmaintained releases
| 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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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
## Notes
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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)
4.1 and 4.1.1 are affected
## References
* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3438)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3438)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-3438)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3438)
### Other references
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