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CVE-2015-3440 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html	CVE
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320	CVE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	CVE	Exploit
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299	CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84	CVE	Exploit
https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html	CVE	Exploit
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945	CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/	CVE	Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199	CVE
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320	[email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	[email protected]	Exploit
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84	[email protected]	Exploit
https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html	[email protected]	Exploit
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945	[email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
debian debian linux	7.0 8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
wordpress wordpress	<= 4.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 6, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 30, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 12, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 3, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 26, 2015	CVE Translated	[email protected]
Aug 18, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 3, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 3, 2015	Initial Analysis	[email protected]