CVE-2015-3438

NameCVE-2015-3438
DescriptionMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 4.1.2, when MySQL is used without strict mode, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) four-byte UTF-8 character or (2) invalid character that reaches the database layer, as demonstrated by a crafted character in a comment.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-236-1, DSA-3250-1
Debian Bugs783347

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1fixed
buster5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2fixed
bookworm6.1.1+dfsg1-1fixed
sid, trixie6.4.3+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssourcesqueeze3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u6DLA-236-1
wordpresssourcewheezy3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u6DSA-3250-1
wordpresssourcejessie4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1DSA-3250-1
wordpresssource(unstable)4.2+dfsg-1783347

Notes

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/

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