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CVE-2010-4536

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KSES, as used in WordPress before 3.0.4, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the & (ampersand) character, (2) the case of an attribute name, (3) a padded entity, and (4) an entity that is not in normalized form.

Published

2011-01-03T20:00:43.420

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 3.0.3	Yes

References

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053289.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053293.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42755 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43000 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://wordpress.org/news/2010/12/3-0-4-update/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/30/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45620 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3335 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0167 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053289.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053293.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42755 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43000 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wordpress.org/news/2010/12/3-0-4-update/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/30/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45620 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3335 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0167 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)