CVE-2015-3438

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.

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

7.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Nuclei

high

Published

2015-08-05

Updated

2024-08-06

Nuclei templates (1)

• topscoder/nuclei-wordfence-cve/blob/main/nuclei-templates/2015/CVE-2015-3438-wordpress-3d…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2015-3429
• CVE-2015-3439
• CVE-2015-3425
• CVE-2015-3440
• CVE-2015-3424
• CVE-2015-3443