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CVE-2015-5622
UNKNOWN · CVSS n/a
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2015-08-03T14:59:01.680 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:29:27.843

Summary

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 products

wordpress — wordpress

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References

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