CVE-2010-4536

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.88% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory wordpress.org Vendor Advisory wordpress.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/42755 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/30/1 patch mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053293.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0 patch vendor advisory
http://wordpress.org/news/2010/12/3-0-4-update/ patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0167 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3335 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45620 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/43000 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053289.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4536?
CVE-2010-4536 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4536?
To fix CVE-2010-4536, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4536 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4536 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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