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.
An official patch is available. Apply the patch as soon as possible.
Patch StatusOfficial Patch
Change Log
| Date | Source | Changes | Score |
|---|
| 2026-07-17 | PoC | E: U→P | 0.0 → 0.0 |
| 2026-07-15 | cve.org | initial | 0.0 |
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| wordpress | wordpress | ≤ 4.2.2 |
Published: 2015-08-03
