PT-2016-3692
CVE-2015-5714
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Published
2015-09-17
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Updated
2017-11-04
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.1
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
WordPress versions prior to 4.3.1
Description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists due to the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 4.3.1, update to version 4.3.1 or later to resolve the issue.
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