CVE-2015-3440
WordPress Cross-site scripting (XSS)
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a long comment that is improperly stored because of limitations on the MySQL TEXT data type.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 3, 2015, 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 6, 2016, 3:01 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-3440 has a 39 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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Pen-testing - Finding, analyzing, recreating, and documenting five vulnerabilities affecting an old version of WordPress
Contains the assignment for codepath week 7.
Codepath Cybersecurity Assigment Week 7
WordPress Pen Testing
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Three exploits of WordPress version 4.2
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Codepath week 7-8
Web Security Week 7-8
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-3440 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-3440 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 06, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 30, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/ Exploit -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 12, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 03, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Translated by [email protected]
Aug. 26, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Translation Vulnerabilidad de XSS en in wp-includes/wp-db.php en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.2.1, permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web arbitrarios o HTML a través de un largo comentario que es almacenado inadecuadamente por las limitaciones en el tipo de datos de MySQL TEXT. Added Translation Vulnerabilidad de XSS en wp-includes/wp-db.php en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.2.1, permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través de un comentario largo que es almacenado indebidamente a causa de las limitaciones en el tipo de datos de MySQL TEXT. -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 18, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 03, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/ No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/ Advisory, Patch Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84 Exploit Changed Reference Type https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html No Types Assigned https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html Exploit Added CWE CWE-79 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 03, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-3440 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
92.96 }} -0.44%
score
0.99103
percentile