CVE-2015-3438
wordpress - security update
EPSS 1.6%
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 4.1.2, when MySQL is used without strict mode, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) four-byte UTF-8 character or (2) invalid character that reaches the database layer, as demonstrated by a crafted character in a comment.
How to fix CVE-2015-3438
To remediate CVE-2015-3438, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 4.2+dfsg-1 or later
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u6 or later
Is CVE-2015-3438 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.2+dfsg-1
- from 0, < 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u6