Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wptexturize function in WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, and 3.9.x before 3.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted use of shortcode brackets in a text field, as demonstrated by a comment or a post.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-236-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3085-1 wordpress security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8859 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wptexturize function in WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, and 3.9.x before 3.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted use of shortcode brackets in a text field, as demonstrated by a comment or a post.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:33:13.369Z

Reserved: 2014-11-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9031

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-11-25T23:59:01.270

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9031

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