Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-8834
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.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2015-8834
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Threat overview for CVE-2015-8834
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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
80
IPs affected by CVE-2015-8834 5
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8834
0.18%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 56 %
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CVSS scores for CVE-2015-8834
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
8.6
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2.9
|
NIST | |
6.1
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.8
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2.7
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2015-8834
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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.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2015-8834
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http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3639-1 wordpress
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https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/
News – WordPress 4.2.2 Security and Maintenance Release – WordPress.orgPatch;Vendor Advisory
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https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2
Version 4.2.2 | WordPress.orgPatch
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