Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 3, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-3440
CVE-2015-3440
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.2
- (no CPE)range: <4.2.1
Patches
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References
15- wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlnvdExploit
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84nvdExploit
- klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.htmlnvdExploit
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/nvdExploit
- codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199nvd
- core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299nvd
- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945nvd
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