Description
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.
Published: 2016-05-22
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-633-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3639-1 wordpress security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8700 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.082Z

Reserved: 2016-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8834

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-22T01:59:04.757

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8834

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')