CVE-2015-8834
MEDIUMWordpress < 4.2.1 - XSS
Title source: ruleDescription
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3440.
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0075
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Classification
CWE
CWE-79
Status
draft
Affected Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress
< 4.2.1
Timeline
Published
May 22, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026