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
- Wordpress
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
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.