CVE - CVE-2015-5714

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-5714	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags.
References
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BID:76745 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745 CONFIRM:https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1 CONFIRM:https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8 CONFIRM:https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714 CONFIRM:https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/ DEBIAN:DSA-3375 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375 DEBIAN:DSA-3383 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383 MISC:https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186 SECTRACK:1033979 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150802	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150802)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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