CVE-2015-3440
EPSS 14.4%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-3440
To remediate CVE-2015-3440, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 4.2.1+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2015-3440 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 14.4%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.2.1+dfsg-1