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CVE-2015-8834

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 1.78%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-05-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.1. It affects WordPress. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2015-8834
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.1
EPSS
1.78%
WordPress

Original NVD Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3440.