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wordpress -- XSS vulnerability

Affected packages
wordpress < 4.2.3,1
de-wordpress < 4.2.3
ja-wordpress < 4.2.3
ru-wordpress < 4.2.3
zh-wordpress-zh_CN < 4.2.3
zh-wordpress-zh_TW < 4.2.3

Details

VuXML ID c80b27a2-3165-11e5-8a1d-14dae9d210b8
Discovery 2015-07-23
Entry 2015-07-23
Modified 2015-09-15

Gary Pendergast reports:

WordPress versions 4.2.2 and earlier are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could allow users with the Contributor or Author role to compromise a site. This was reported by Jon Cave and fixed by Robert Chapin, both of the WordPress security team.

References

CVE Name CVE-2015-5622
CVE Name CVE-2015-5623
URL https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/