XSS in Wordpress

CVE-2015-5622

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.056 (92.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5622?
CVE-2015-5622 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-08-03.
Is CVE-2015-5622 known to be exploited?
47 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.