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CVE-2015-3438
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 4.1.2, when MySQL is used without strict mode, allow remote…
Medium4.3EPSS 7.4%
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Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 4.1.2, when MySQL is used without strict mode, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) four-byte UTF-8 character or (2) invalid character that reaches the database layer, as demonstrated by a crafted character in a comment.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.4% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (4 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
Affected products
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References (10)
- FEDORA-2015-6778 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7929 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 74269 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-6790 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 1032207 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-3250 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cedricvb.be/post/wordpress-stored-xss-vulnerability-4-1-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-6808 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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)
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