CVE-2015-5622

Published Aug 3, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 3.5 Low EPSS 4.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-294-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3328-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3328-2 wordpress regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3332-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3332-2 wordpress regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3383-1 wordpress security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5574 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:59 AM
Reserved
Jul 23, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 3, 2015, 2:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:29 AM