CVE-2015-5622

Description

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.

How to fix CVE-2015-5622

To remediate CVE-2015-5622, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 4.2.3+dfsg-1 or later

Is CVE-2015-5622 being exploited?

Moderate — EPSS is 5.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 4.2.3+dfsg-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5622