XSS in Wordpress

CVE-2015-3440

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.1 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.179 (96.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3440?
CVE-2015-3440 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-08-03.
Is CVE-2015-3440 known to be exploited?
49 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.