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CVE-2015-5622

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.

Severity
Low 3.5
Published
3 Aug 2015
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
17 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
WordPressWordPress core · cpe:a:wordpress:wordpress
  • Every version up to 4.2.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5622
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5622