CVE-2015-8834
CVSS V2 Medium 4.3
CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-8834
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2016-05-22T01:59:04
- Last Modified Date
- 2016-11-28T19:49:53
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.2.1 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 4.3
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- LOW
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 6.1
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 2.7
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2 | Patch |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8834 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8834 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 10:05:33 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 09:37:48 | 2016-05-22T01:59Z | 2016-05-22T01:59:04 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 09:37:48 | 2016-11-28T19:49:53 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 09:37:48 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |