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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Source | ID | Title |
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DLA-294-1 | wordpress security update |
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DSA-3328-1 | wordpress security update |
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DSA-3328-2 | wordpress regression update |
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DSA-3332-1 | wordpress security update |
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DSA-3332-2 | wordpress regression update |
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DSA-3383-1 | wordpress security update |
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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: 2024-08-06T06:59:02.694Z
Reserved: 2015-07-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-5622

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-08-03T14:59:01.680
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-5622

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