CVE-2015-5622
published 2015-08-03CVE-2015-5622: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the…
PriorityP419low3.5CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuSCNIPAN
EPSS
5.63%
92.1th percentile
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | wordpress | < wordpress 4.2.3+dfsg-1 (bookworm) | wordpress 4.2.3+dfsg-1 (bookworm) |
| wordpress | wordpress | <= 4.2.2 | — |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 4.2.3+dfsg-1 | 4.2.3+dfsg-1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 4.2.3+dfsg-1 | 4.2.3+dfsg-1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 4.2.3+dfsg-1 | 4.2.3+dfsg-1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 4.2.3+dfsg-1 | 4.2.3+dfsg-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.03.5LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv3.5LOW
vendor_debian3.5LOW
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GHSA
GHSA-cg2j-v6g7-3q66: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2015-5622 [LOW] CWE-79 GHSA-cg2j-v6g7-3q66: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.
OSV
CVE-2015-5622: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4
osv·2015-08-03·CVSS 3.5
CVE-2015-5622 [LOW] CVE-2015-5622: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.
Debian
CVE-2015-5622: wordpress - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 3.5
CVE-2015-5622 [LOW] CVE-2015-5622: wordpress - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.2.3+dfsg-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4.2.3+dfsg-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.2.3+dfsg-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.2.3+dfsg-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.2.3+dfsg-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
HackerOne
[bbPress] Stored XSS in any forum post.
hackerone·2016-09-01·CVSS 3.5
CVE-2015-5622 [LOW] [bbPress] Stored XSS in any forum post.
[bbPress] Stored XSS in any forum post.
#__Intro:__
Encouraged by the success of cure53 and their reward, i start the research plugins in your scope. And almost immediately i found critical Stored XSS, which of course leeds to privelege escalation or PHP code execution. This vulnerability doesnt requres "special" preveleges like [CVE-2015-5622](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5622 "CVE-2015-5622"). To demonstrate how this vulnerability elementary for expluatation i write a XSS to Shell exploit.
#__Steps to reproduce the XSS:__
1. Send any message on topic or start new topic.
2. Edit this message.
3. Open http://localhost/wordpress/?bbp_user=%YOUR_USER_ID%&edit=1
4. Edit your "Nickname" to:
user1"onmouseover="alert(1);remove()"style="position:absolute;left:0;top:
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5622 CVE-2015-5623 wordpress: cross-site scripting and permission issue fixed in [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2015-07-24·CVSS 3.5
CVE-2015-5622 [LOW] CVE-2015-5622 CVE-2015-5623 wordpress: cross-site scripting and permission issue fixed in [fedora-all]
CVE-2015-5622 CVE-2015-5623 wordpress: cross-site scripting and permission issue fixed in [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multip
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5622 CVE-2015-5623 wordpress: cross-site scripting and permission issue fixed in wordpress 4.2.3
bugzilla·2015-07-24·CVSS 3.5
CVE-2015-5622 [LOW] CVE-2015-5622 CVE-2015-5623 wordpress: cross-site scripting and permission issue fixed in wordpress 4.2.3
CVE-2015-5622 CVE-2015-5623 wordpress: cross-site scripting and permission issue fixed in wordpress 4.2.3
A cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could allow users with the Contributor or Author role to compromise a site, was found in WordPress 4.2.2 and earlier. This flaw was assigned CVE-2015-5622.
A second flaw was found which could allow a user with Subscriber permissions to create a draft through Quick Draft. This flaw was assigned CVE-2015-5623.
Both issues were fixed in WordPress 4.2.3.
CVE assignment:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/187
Upstream patches:
CVE-2015-5622 - https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359
CVE-2015-5623 - https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33357
External References:
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/
Discussion:
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5622 CVE-2015-5623 wordpress: cross-site scripting and permission issue fixed in [epel-all]
bugzilla·2015-07-24·CVSS 3.5
CVE-2015-5622 [LOW] CVE-2015-5622 CVE-2015-5623 wordpress: cross-site scripting and permission issue fixed in [epel-all]
CVE-2015-5622 CVE-2015-5623 wordpress: cross-site scripting and permission issue fixed in [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects mul
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress3.htmlhttps://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress3.htmlhttps://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111
2015-08-03
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