VDB
CVE-2015-3438
CVE-2015-3438
REJECTED
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.
EPSS 1.61% · 82.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.61%
82.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- FEDORA-2015-6778 (circl)
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7929 (circl)
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/ (circl)
- 74269 (circl)
- FEDORA-2015-6790 (circl)
- 1032207 (circl)
- DSA-3250 (circl)
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2 (circl)
- FEDORA-2015-6808 (circl)
- https://cedricvb.be/post/wordpress-stored-xss-vulnerability-4-1-2/ (vulncheck-nvd)
Timeline
- Aug 5, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Aug 6, 2024 CVE Updated
- Dec 17, 2024 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 4, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3438 third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3438 third-party-advisory