WordPress Core < 4.3.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcodes

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2015-5714
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published September 15, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Shahar Tal, Netanel Rubin
Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.10
  • 3.8 - 3.8.10
  • 3.9 - 3.9.8
  • 4.0 - 4.0.7
  • 4.1 - 4.1.7
  • 4.2 - 4.2.4
  • 4.3 - 4.3
Patched Version
  • 3.7.11
  • 3.8.11
  • 3.9.9
  • 4.0.8
  • 4.1.8
  • 4.2.5
  • 4.3.1
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