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)
EPSS: 0.034 (87.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Wordpress
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, 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.