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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress / wordpress | 3.8.3 | 3.8.3.x |
| WordPress / wordpress | 3.9.2 | 3.9.2.x |
| WordPress / wordpress | 3.8.2 | 3.8.2.x |
| WordPress / wordpress | 3.8 | 3.8.x |
| WordPress / wordpress | 3.8.1 | 3.8.1.x |
| WordPress / wordpress | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1.x |
| WordPress / wordpress | 3.8.4 | 3.8.4.x |
| WordPress / wordpress | - | 3.7.4.x |
| WordPress / wordpress | 3.9 | 3.9.x |
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
- http://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/62
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71237
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/
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