WordPress Core <= 3.0.3 - Cross-Site Scripting

6.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2010-4536
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published December 29, 2010
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researchers Mauro Gentile
Jon Cave

Description

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.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.0.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.3
Patched Version
  • 3.0.4

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