wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 attempts to enable clickable links inside attributes, which makes it easier for…

Description

wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 attempts to enable clickable links inside attributes, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• 81463 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 49138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 48957 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• wordpress-formatting-xss(75206) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• DSA-2470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20493/branches/3.3/wp-includes/capabilities.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20493/branches/3.3/wp-includes/formatting.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 53192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://wordpress.org/news/2012/04/wordpress-3-3-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• wordpress-url-xss(75093) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 19:34 UTC.