XSS in WordPress
CVE-2010-4536
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KSES, as used in WordPress before 3.0.4, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the & (ampersand) character, (2) the case of an attribute name, (3) a padded entity, and (4) an entity that is not in normalized form.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/42755 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/30/1 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053293.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- wordpress.org/news/2010/12/3-0-4-update/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0167 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3335 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45620 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/43000 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053289.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-4536?
- CVE-2010-4536 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2011-01-03.
- Is CVE-2010-4536 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.