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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2015-3440

Related Vulnerabilities

IBM WebSEAL Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2018-1815)

Oracle JRE CVE-2013-1476 Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1476)

Grafana Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability (CVE-2021-28146)

MySQL CVE-2017-3468 Vulnerability (CVE-2017-3468)

Moodle Improper Check for Dropped Privileges Vulnerability (CVE-2019-14879)

Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2015-3440 CWE-707

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities