{"id":"CVE-2015-3440","details":"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on the MySQL TEXT data type.","modified":"2026-04-16T01:46:58.882719938Z","published":"2015-08-03T14:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:15:00.728332Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131644/WordPress-4.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/84"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress2.html"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36844/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121320"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74334"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032199"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/32299"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7945"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}