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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in WordPress up to 4.2.1 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown functionality of the file wp-includes/wp-db.php of the component Comment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 05/22/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-8834 since 03/25/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

By approaching the search of inurl:wp-includes/wp-db.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92706 (Debian DSA-3639-1 : wordpress - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175805 (Debian Security Update for wordpress (DSA 3639-1)).

Upgrading to version 4.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (92706). The entries 88100, 88101, 88102 and 88104 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• WordPress

Version

• 4.2
• 4.2 Beta1
• 4.2 Beta2
• 4.2 Beta3
• 4.2 Beta4
• 4.2 rc1
• 4.2 rc2
• 4.2 rc3
• 4.2 rc4
• 4.2.1

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.1
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Stored
Class: Cross site scripting / Stored
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
Google Hack: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 92706
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3639-1 : wordpress - security update
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 703639
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3639-1 (wordpress - security update)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: WordPress 4.2.2

Timelineinfo

03/25/2016 🔍
05/21/2016 +57 days 🔍
05/22/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/23/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/03/2016 +72 days 🔍
08/04/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/09/2018 +857 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: wordpress.org
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-8834 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/23/2016 10:30
Updated: 12/09/2018 11:22
Changes: 05/23/2016 10:30 (67), 12/09/2018 11:22 (11)
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