CVE-2015-8834
Published: 22 May 2016
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a long comment that is improperly stored because of limitations on the MySQL TEXT data type. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3440.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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wordpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
|
bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
cosmic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
disco |
Not vulnerable
|
|
precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u17)
|
|
wily |
Not vulnerable
(4.3+dfsg-1)
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
yakkety |
Not vulnerable
|
|
zesty |
Not vulnerable
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 6.1 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Changed |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity impact | Low |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |