CVE-2015-5622

NameCVE-2015-5622
DescriptionCross-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-294-1, DSA-3332-1, DSA-3383-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie6.6.1+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssourcesqueeze3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u7DLA-294-1
wordpresssourcewheezy3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u8DSA-3383-1
wordpresssourcejessie4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u4DSA-3332-1
wordpresssource(unstable)4.2.3+dfsg-1

Notes

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359
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