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CVE-2014-9031

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wptexturize function in WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, and 3.9.x before 3.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted use of shortcode brackets in a text field, as demonstrated by a comment or a post.

Published

2014-11-25T23:59:01.270

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

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 ≤ 3.7.4 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.8 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.8.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.8.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.8.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.8.4 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.9 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.9.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.9.2 Yes
References