CVE-2015-8834

Published: May 22, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

6.1

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 2.7

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Wordpress: Wordpress

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wordpress Wordpress	Up to 4.2.1

Related CWEs

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References (6)

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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